diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index c0388217ff..c46dbd7bec 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-11-17	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* posix/src/semtimedwait.c: Used wrong constant for blocking with bad
+	timeout value.
+
 2006-11-17	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* posix/src/keygetspecific.c, posix/src/keysetspecific.c: Correct
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/semtimedwait.c b/cpukit/posix/src/semtimedwait.c
index b0cb78deca..662845ecd9 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/semtimedwait.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/semtimedwait.c
@@ -48,18 +48,18 @@ int sem_timedwait(
     blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT_VALUE;
   else
 #endif
-  if ( abstime->tv_nsec >= TOD_NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND )
-    blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT_VALUE;
-  else { 
-    (void) clock_gettime( CLOCK_REALTIME, &current_time );
+  if ( abstime->tv_nsec >= TOD_NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND ) {
+    blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT;
+  } else { 
+    clock_gettime( CLOCK_REALTIME, &current_time );
     /*
      *  Make sure the abstime is in the future
      */
     if ( abstime->tv_sec < current_time.tv_sec )
-      blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT_VALUE;
+      blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT;
     else if ( (abstime->tv_sec == current_time.tv_sec) &&
          (abstime->tv_nsec <= current_time.tv_nsec) )
-      blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT_VALUE;
+      blocking = CORE_SEMAPHORE_BAD_TIMEOUT;
     else {
       _POSIX_Timespec_subtract( &current_time, abstime, &difference );
       ticks = _POSIX_Timespec_to_interval( &difference );