diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index f41deeb2f..90b121e93 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-11-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (try_to_bin): Drop fh_dup, reuse tmp_fh instead.
+
 2013-11-27  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* syscalls.cc (try_to_bin): Take additional parameter to get file open
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 243fd8642..c5e8c42df 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -280,17 +280,16 @@ try_to_bin (path_conv &pc, HANDLE &fh, ACCESS_MASK access, ULONG flags)
      the recycler directory name, too. */
   if (!pc.objcaseinsensitive ())
     {
-      HANDLE fh_dup;
       InitializeObjectAttributes (&attr, &ro_u_empty, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE,
 				  fh, NULL);
-      status = NtOpenFile (&fh_dup, access, &attr, &io, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
+      status = NtOpenFile (&tmp_fh, access, &attr, &io, FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS,
 			   flags);
       if (!NT_SUCCESS (status))
 	debug_printf ("NtOpenFile (reopen) failed, status = %y", status);
       else
 	{
 	  NtClose (fh);
-	  fh = fh_dup;
+	  fh = tmp_fh;
 	}
     }
   /* Initialize recycler path. */