diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 0e3d70488..364935bab 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 2006-11-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
-	* path.cc (symlink_info::posixify): New mothod converting NT and DOS
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::check): Eliminate PATH_REP bit from pflags.
+
+2006-11-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::posixify): New method converting NT and DOS
 	paths in symlinks to POSIX.
 	(symlink_info::check_shortcut): Allocate buf allowing for a trailing 0.
 	Call posixify on the result.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index d7d0e12dd..a24403e12 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@ symlink_info::check (char *path, const suffix_info *suffixes, unsigned opt)
   major = 0;
   minor = 0;
   mode = 0;
-  pflags &= ~(PATH_SYMLINK | PATH_LNK);
+  pflags &= ~(PATH_SYMLINK | PATH_LNK | PATH_REP);
   case_clash = false;
 
   while (suffix.next ())