diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 6ef1efe3f..a92166b22 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-08-24  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (link): Avoid compiler warning.
+
 2004-08-21  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* environ.cc (set_ntea): New function.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 49a039d6b..1b3e3c512 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -760,6 +760,7 @@ link (const char *a, const char *b)
 		   StreamId.dwStreamNameSize;
 
       lpContext = NULL;
+      write_err = 0;
       /* Write the WIN32_STREAM_ID */
       bSuccess = BackupWrite (
 	hFileSource,