diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 6e94d8bd7..46718b633 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Aug 22 13:57:36 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::check): Clear error on each iteration of
+	extension check.
+
 Tue Aug 22 11:23:59 2000  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Don't include '.d' file if there are none generated yet.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 8fd042489..48da8c4c9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -2242,7 +2242,6 @@ symlink_info::check (const char *in_path, const suffix_info *suffixes)
   char extbuf[MAX_PATH + 5];
   const char *path = in_path;
 
-  error = 0;
   if (!suffixes)
     ext_here = NULL;
   else if ((known_suffix = has_suffix (in_path, suffixes)) != NULL)
@@ -2258,10 +2257,12 @@ symlink_info::check (const char *in_path, const suffix_info *suffixes)
 
   is_symlink = TRUE;
 
+  error = 0;
   do
     {
       if (!next_suffix (ext_here, suffixes))
 	break;
+      error = 0;
       fileattr = GetFileAttributesA (path);
       if (fileattr == (DWORD) -1)
 	{