diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index f589fb78a..ad9546957 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-26  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (child_info::retry_count): Default to 1.
+
 2012-01-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* syscalls.cc (gethostid): Simplify.  Just fetch MachineGuid and
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 01278ef80..6b0f01313 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ out:
   return rc;
 }
 
-int child_info::retry_count = 10;
+int child_info::retry_count = 1;
 
 /* Initialize some of the memory block passed to child processes
    by fork/spawn/exec. */