diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index bb091f06c..493fa80e1 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-11-03  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2011@cgf.cx>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (child_info_spawn::reattach_children): Avoid issuing an
+	error when we can't duplicate from "parent" since it is probably ok if
+	children of the previous owner of the pid disappear.
+
 2011-11-03  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* fhandler.cc (off_current): Define local in fhandler_base::raw_write.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index fc5f816f4..fda9bc014 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -859,16 +859,15 @@ child_info_spawn::reattach_children ()
   for (int i = 0; i < nchildren; i++)
     {
       pinfo p (children[i].pid, PID_MAP_RW);
-      if (p)
-	{
-	  if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, children[i].rd_proc_pipe,
+      if (!p)
+	/* pid no longer exists */;
+      else if (!DuplicateHandle (parent, children[i].rd_proc_pipe,
 				GetCurrentProcess (), &p.rd_proc_pipe, 0,
 				false, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
-	    system_printf ("couldn't duplicate parent %p handles for forked children after exec, %E",
-			   children[i].rd_proc_pipe);
-	  p.hProcess = OpenProcess (PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, false, p->pid);
-	  p.reattach ();
-	}
+	debug_printf ("couldn't duplicate parent %p handles for forked children after exec, %E",
+		       children[i].rd_proc_pipe);
+      else if ((p.hProcess = OpenProcess (PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION, false, p->pid)))
+	p.reattach ();
     }
 }