diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index b6d83872a..fe8bd88ca 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-05-12  Peter Rosin  <peda@lysator.liu.se>
+
+	* libc/time/strptime.c (first_day): Actually return the wday
+	of the first day of the year.
+
 2011-05-10  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/locale/lmessages.c (_C_messages_locale): Add missing comma.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/time/strptime.c b/newlib/libc/time/strptime.c
index 1457c93ed..bc16fa5eb 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/time/strptime.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/time/strptime.c
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ first_day (int year)
 {
     int ret = 4;
 
-    for (; year > 1970; --year)
-	ret = (ret + 365 + is_leap_year (year) ? 1 : 0) % 7;
+    while (--year >= 1970)
+	ret = (ret + 365 + is_leap_year (year)) % 7;
     return ret;
 }