diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1fe30a808..c8648c192 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-02  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* fhandler_procsys.cc (fhandler_procsys::exists): Return virt_none
+	if path is invalid.
+
 2010-10-01  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* autoload.cc (std_dll_init): Add a retry loop.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsys.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsys.cc
index 54218156f..0f4cc1747 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsys.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsys.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ fhandler_procsys::exists (struct __stat64 *buf)
   InitializeObjectAttributes (&attr, &path, OBJ_CASE_INSENSITIVE, NULL, NULL);
   status = NtOpenFile (&h, READ_CONTROL | FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES, &attr, &io,
 		       FILE_SHARE_VALID_FLAGS, FILE_OPEN_FOR_BACKUP_INTENT);
+  if (status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_INVALID)
+    return virt_none;
   /* If no media is found, or we get this dreaded sharing violation, let
      the caller immediately try again as normal file. */
   if (status == STATUS_NO_MEDIA_IN_DEVICE