diff --git a/gthread/ChangeLog b/gthread/ChangeLog
index 09e67d462..9a1070bb5 100644
--- a/gthread/ChangeLog
+++ b/gthread/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-03-10  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
+
+	* gthread-posix.c (g_thread_create_posix_impl): Do a comparison,
+	not an assignment, stupid! Spotted by Daniel Elstner
+	<daniel.elstner@gmx.net>.
+
 2002-02-09  Sebastian Wilhelmi  <wilhelmi@ira.uka.de>
 
 	* gthread-impl.c: Only compile most of this file, if
diff --git a/gthread/gthread-posix.c b/gthread/gthread-posix.c
index b65c9d57b..4df20b58c 100644
--- a/gthread/gthread-posix.c
+++ b/gthread/gthread-posix.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ g_cond_timed_wait_posix_impl (GCond * cond,
 #ifdef G_THREADS_IMPL_POSIX
   timed_out = (result == ETIMEDOUT);
 #else /* G_THREADS_IMPL_DCE */
-  timed_out = (result == -1) && (errno = EAGAIN);
+  timed_out = (result == -1) && (errno == EAGAIN);
 #endif
 
   if (!timed_out)