diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 611ba0dc4..912063c06 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-07-02  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
+
+	* pinfo.cc (_pinfo::commune_request): Eliminate unneeded assignment
+	found by Clang.
+
 2012-07-02  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* external.cc (fillout_pinfo): Return NULL rather than 0.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
index c9a7b413e..eb4923e9b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ _pinfo::commune_request (__uint32_t code, ...)
   HANDLE& hp = si._si_commune._si_process_handle;
   HANDLE& fromthem = si._si_commune._si_read_handle;
   HANDLE request_sync = NULL;
-  bool locked = false;
 
   res.s = NULL;
   res.n = 0;
@@ -682,7 +681,6 @@ _pinfo::commune_request (__uint32_t code, ...)
     }
   va_end (args);
 
-  locked = true;
   char name_buf[MAX_PATH];
   request_sync = CreateSemaphore (&sec_none_nih, 0, LONG_MAX,
 				  shared_name (name_buf, "commune", myself->pid));