diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 513dd826a..2c2e9eb5b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2003-01-03  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* dtable.h (dtable::in_vfork_cleanup): New function.  True if vfork
+	cleanup needed.
+	* dtable.cc (dtable::vfork_parent_restore): Remove assertion.
+	* pipe.cc (fhandler_pipe::close): Don't close read_state during
+	fork_fixup since it wasn't inherited.
+
 2003-01-01  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* passwd.cc (getpwuid_r32): Revert previous change.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
index be3e0da97..7b8e8272d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ dtable::vfork_parent_restore ()
 
   close_all_files ();
   fhandler_base **deleteme = fds;
-  assert (fds_on_hold != NULL);
   fds = fds_on_hold;
   fds_on_hold = NULL;
   cfree (deleteme);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.h b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.h
index 0223af71f..589a27a0d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/dtable.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/dtable.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
   void stdio_init ();
   void get_debugger_info ();
   void set_file_pointers_for_exec ();
+  bool in_vfork_cleanup () {return fds_on_hold == fds;}
 };
 
 void dtable_init (void);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
index 5176180b3..716846f89 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ void
 events_init (void)
 {
   char *name;
-  /* title_mutex protects modification of console title. It's neccessary
+  /* title_mutex protects modification of console title. It's necessary
      while finding console window handle */
 
   if (!(title_mutex = CreateMutex (&sec_all_nih, FALSE,
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
index 9b0741001..ee3c72575 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ int fhandler_pipe::close ()
     CloseHandle (guard);
   if (writepipe_exists)
     CloseHandle (writepipe_exists);
-  if (read_state)
+  if (read_state && !cygheap->fdtab.in_vfork_cleanup ())
     CloseHandle (read_state);
   return res;
 }