diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index ae7b6b575..88e9c1a29 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-07-11  Pavel Tsekov  <ptsekov@gmx.net>
+
+	* fhandler_disk_file.cc (fhandler_disk_file::open): Don't
+	move the file pointer to the end of file if O_APPEND is
+	specified in the open flags.
+
 2002-07-09  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* debug.cc: Avoid explicit zeroing of globals.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
index db843a41c..95081f061 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc
@@ -389,9 +389,6 @@ fhandler_disk_file::open (path_conv *real_path, int flags, mode_t mode)
       return 0;
     }
 
-  if (flags & O_APPEND)
-    SetFilePointer (get_handle(), 0, 0, FILE_END);
-
   set_symlink_p (real_path->issymlink ());
   set_execable_p (real_path->exec_state ());
   set_socket_p (real_path->issocket ());