diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5d006112c..3772e4c16 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-04-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_tty.cc (fhandler_tty_slave::close): Revert previous change.
+
 2010-04-02  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* select.h (select_pipe_info::add_watch_handle): Delete declaration.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
index 78e149ba4..7e8254c3c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
@@ -629,11 +629,10 @@ fhandler_tty_slave::close ()
      close this normally.  cgf 2006-05-20 */
   cygheap->manage_console_count ("fhandler_tty_slave::close", -1);
 
-  if (archetype)
-    archetype->usecount--;
+  archetype->usecount--;
   report_tty_counts (this, "closed", "");
 
-  if (archetype && archetype->usecount)
+  if (archetype->usecount)
     {
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
       if (archetype->usecount < 0)