diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1e37b62d7..a561333e0 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-01-15  Pierre Humblet  <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
+
+	* cmalloc.cc (_cmalloc): Fix memory leak.
+
 2003-01-15  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* autoload.cc: Fix copyright date.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc
index 0bfb06a7e..d0843e7ac 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ _cmalloc (int size)
     }
   else
     {
-      size = sz + sizeof (_cmalloc_entry);
-      rvc = (_cmalloc_entry *) _csbrk (size);
+      rvc = (_cmalloc_entry *) _csbrk (sz);
       if (!rvc)
 	{
 	  cygheap_protect->release ();