diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index a63ee6e9d..6067f5e1b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-12-26  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* pinfo.cc (_pinfo::set_ctty): *Always* call close on opened ctty since
+	it counts as an opened handle.
+
 2003-12-26  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* fhandler.h (fhandler_tty_master::fixup_after_fork): Remove
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index 61c74db2a..92a9ea9aa 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ _pinfo::set_ctty (tty_min *tc, int flags, fhandler_tty_slave *arch)
 	    {
 	      syscall_printf ("ctty %p, usecount %d", cygheap->ctty,
 			      cygheap->ctty->usecount);
-	      if (!--cygheap->ctty->usecount)
-		cygheap->ctty->close ();
+	      cygheap->ctty->close ();
 	    }
 	  cygheap->ctty = arch;
 	  if (arch)