diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 80a705521..01ffad067 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-09-14  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* path.cc (symlink_info::check): Make sure AllocationSize and EndOfFile
+	are stored in the right order when fetching the info from the
+	NtQueryDirectoryFile result.
+
 2010-09-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler_process.cc (get_mem_values): Simplify code.  Fix
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 470546586..d29aff028 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -2525,6 +2525,14 @@ restart:
 		    {
 		      fileattr = fdi_buf.fdi.FileAttributes;
 		      memcpy (pfnoi, &fdi_buf.fdi.CreationTime, sizeof *pfnoi);
+		      /* Amazing, but true:  The FILE_NETWORK_OPEN_INFORMATION
+		         structure has the AllocationSize and EndOfFile members
+			 interchanged relative to the directory information
+			 classes. */
+		      pfnoi->AllocationSize.QuadPart
+			= fdi_buf.fdi.AllocationSize.QuadPart;
+		      pfnoi->EndOfFile.QuadPart
+			= fdi_buf.fdi.EndOfFile.QuadPart;
 		    }
 		}
 	      ext_tacked_on = !!*ext_here;