diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index d5896f0b8..350b8694b 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-27  Jose Goncalves  <jose.goncalves@inov.pt>
+
+	* libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c (mq_open): Only set created flag
+	on if we actually created the shared memory file exclusively.
+
 2003-06-27  Joe Vornehm  <joev@mitre.org>
 
 	* libm/common/s_fpclassify.c (__fpclassifyf): Fix
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
index 0e6b95345..9b72e9073 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/linux/mq_open.c
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ mq_open (const char *name, int oflag, ...)
 	  return (mqd_t)-1;
 	}
       errno = saved_errno;
-      created = 1;
+      /* check if we created the file or not */
+      if (fd >= 0)
+        created = 1;
     }
 	  
   if (fd < 0)