Index: winsup/cygwin/thread.cc
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/winsup/cygwin/thread.cc,v
retrieving revision 1.285
diff -u -p -r1.285 thread.cc
--- winsup/cygwin/thread.cc	23 Jul 2013 14:15:20 -0000	1.285
+++ winsup/cygwin/thread.cc	17 Sep 2013 17:45:26 -0000
@@ -3443,9 +3443,8 @@ semaphore::_getvalue (int *sval)
 
   status = NtQuerySemaphore (win32_obj_id, SemaphoreBasicInformation, &sbi,
 			     sizeof sbi, NULL);
-  if (NT_SUCCESS (status))
-    return sbi.CurrentCount;
-  return startvalue;
+  *sval = (NT_SUCCESS(status)) ? sbi.CurrentCount : startvalue;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 int