diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 2cc0cb88b..87a2f035b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* dcrt0.cc (alloc_stack_hard_way): Eliminate second argument.
+	(alloc_stack): Remove use of 'b' throughout.
+
 2004-02-11  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	Rename _threadinfo to _cygtls, throughout.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
index 374c901b4..b824e3a51 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION NO_COPY sm;
 
 // __inline__ void
 extern void
-alloc_stack_hard_way (child_info_fork *ci, volatile char *b)
+alloc_stack_hard_way (child_info_fork *ci)
 {
   void *new_stack_pointer;
   MEMORY_BASIC_INFORMATION m;
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ alloc_stack_hard_way (child_info_fork *ci, volatile char *b)
   if (!VirtualQuery ((LPCVOID) m.BaseAddress, &m, sizeof m))
     api_fatal ("fork: couldn't get new stack info, %E");
   ci->stacktop = m.BaseAddress;
-  *b = 0;
 }
 
 /* extend the stack prior to fork longjmp */
@@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ alloc_stack (child_info_fork *ci)
       return;
     }
 
-  alloc_stack_hard_way (ci, b + sizeof (b) - 1);
+  alloc_stack_hard_way (ci);
   return;
 }