diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 5554eab6c..fafba552e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-13  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* cygheap.h (cwdstuff::get_drive): Release cwd_lock.
+
 2004-12-12  Bas van Gompel  <cygwin-patch@bavag.tmfweb.nl>
 
 	* fhandler.cc (fhandler_base::puts_readahead): Fix end-condition.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
index 323ab0ade..d3baae329 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct cwdstuff
   {
     get_initial (); 
     memcpy (dst, win32, drive_length); 
+    cwd_lock->release ();
     return drive_length;
   }
   void init ();