diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a745d7285..e05af490b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-10-15  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_pty_slave::write): DWORD -> BOOL.
+
 2012-10-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler.h (class fhandler_dev_raw): Add members devbufalloc and
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
index dccbf13ea..954fd6622 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ fhandler_pty_slave::write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
 	  break;
 	}
 
-      DWORD res = WriteFile (get_output_handle (), buf, n, &n, NULL);
+      BOOL res = WriteFile (get_output_handle (), buf, n, &n, NULL);
       release_output_mutex ();
       if (!res)
 	{