diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index d7d9230f8..1043f89ee 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-18  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com>
+
+	* libc/stdio/puts.c (_puts_r): Fix typo in previous patch.  Add local
+	variable fp for better readability.
+
 2012-12-17  Jeff Johnston  <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
 
 	* libc/stdio/puts.c: Add fp locking and use _stdout_r macro
diff --git a/newlib/libc/stdio/puts.c b/newlib/libc/stdio/puts.c
index 0c6740a14..7b8b34b01 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/stdio/puts.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/stdio/puts.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ _DEFUN(_puts_r, (ptr, s),
   size_t c = strlen (s);
   struct __suio uio;
   struct __siov iov[2];
+  FILE *fp;
 
   iov[0].iov_base = s;
   iov[0].iov_len = c;
@@ -92,11 +93,11 @@ _DEFUN(_puts_r, (ptr, s),
   uio.uio_iovcnt = 2;
 
   _REENT_SMALL_CHECK_INIT (ptr);
-
-  _newlib_flockfile_start (_stdout_r (ptr));
-  ORIENT (_stdout_r (ptr), -1);
-  result = (__sfvwrite_r (ptr, _stdout_r (ptr), &uio) ? EOF : '\n');
-  _newlib_flockfile_start (_stdout_r (ptr));
+  fp = _stdout_r (ptr);
+  _newlib_flockfile_start (fp);
+  ORIENT (fp, -1);
+  result = (__sfvwrite_r (ptr, fp, &uio) ? EOF : '\n');
+  _newlib_flockfile_end (fp);
   return result;
 }