diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index c23d531cc..6bb03dbec 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-04-06  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* path.c (path_conv::check): Avoid directly referencing fields of the
+	dev structure when it can be easily avoided.
+
 2012-04-05  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* include/cygwin/version.h (CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR): Bump to 14.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
index 6c848fc6f..57183da48 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/path.cc
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ is_virtual_symlink:
 	      if (sym.error == ENOENT && !(opt & PC_KEEP_HANDLE))
 		sym.error = EROFS;
 	      else
-		dev.d.devn = FH_FS;
+		dev = FH_FS;
 	    }
 
 	  /* If symlink.check found an existing non-symlink file, then