diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 506f5229c..8de1b9628 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Jan 14 14:07:50 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* syscalls.cc (_read): Use more lightweight method for determining if
+	read has been interrupted by a signal.
+
 Fri Jan 12 00:35:15 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* debug.h: Add regparm attributes to some functions.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
index 0f6834422..0e6b631fa 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ beg:
     }
 
 out:
-  if (res < 0 && WaitForSingleObject (signal_arrived, 0) == WAIT_OBJECT_0 &&
-      call_signal_handler ())
+  if (res < 0 && get_errno () == EINTR && call_signal_handler ())
     goto beg;
   syscall_printf ("%d = read (%d<%s>, %p, %d), bin %d, errno %d", res, fd, fh->get_name (),
 		  ptr, len, fh->get_r_binary (), get_errno ());