diff --git a/cpukit/libcsupport/ChangeLog b/cpukit/libcsupport/ChangeLog
index dd735a3229..56d65631db 100644
--- a/cpukit/libcsupport/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/libcsupport/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-02-20	Wolfram Wadepohl <W.Wadepohl@indumat.de>
+
+	PR 357/rtems_misc
+	* src/termios.c (rtems_termios_open):  Fixed code the incorrectly
+	checked that the wrong pointer during allocation was NULL.
+
 2003-02-18	Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
 
 	* src/privateenv.c: Fix prototype for free_user_env.
diff --git a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/termios.c b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/termios.c
index c8af569600..d83b635d37 100644
--- a/cpukit/libcsupport/src/termios.c
+++ b/cpukit/libcsupport/src/termios.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ rtems_termios_open (
 		 */
 		tty->rawOutBuf.Size = RAW_OUTPUT_BUFFER_SIZE;
 		tty->rawOutBuf.theBuf = malloc (tty->rawOutBuf.Size);
-		if (tty->rawInBuf.theBuf == NULL) {
+		if (tty->rawOutBuf.theBuf == NULL) {
 		        free((void *)(tty->rawInBuf.theBuf));
 		        free(tty);
 			rtems_semaphore_release (rtems_termios_ttyMutex);