diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 7d1b9942d..a8383c564 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-05-04  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* cygerrno.h (__set_errno): Remove useless parentheses.
+
 2005-05-04  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* cygerrno.h (__set_errno): Define as inline function here.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygerrno.h b/winsup/cygwin/cygerrno.h
index 1c0ef70fe..f1ecf35fd 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygerrno.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygerrno.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ inline int
 __set_errno (const char *fn, int ln, int val)
 {
   debug_printf ("%s:%d val %d", fn, ln, val);
-  return errno = _impure_ptr->_errno = (val);
+  return errno = _impure_ptr->_errno = val;
 }
 #define set_errno(val) __set_errno (__PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, (val))