diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index c58f054da..fe21ee26c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-21  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* net.cc (if_freenameindex): Don't catch a SEGV from free to fail
+	loudly on double free.
+
 2014-08-21  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* dir.cc (rmdir): Don't skip deleting fh in the ENOTEMPTY case.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
index 67c68804a..aed92fd9f 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
@@ -2380,9 +2380,6 @@ if_nameindex (void)
 extern "C" void
 if_freenameindex (struct if_nameindex *ptr)
 {
-  myfault efault;
-  if (efault.faulted (EFAULT))
-    return;
   free (ptr);
 }