diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index c660902d31..c51425bd9a 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-09-14	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	PR 1261/cpukit
+	* posix/src/semaphorecreatesupp.c: Initialize all fields during
+	semaphore creation.
+
 2007-09-14	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
 
 	PR 1260/cpukit
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/semaphorecreatesupp.c b/cpukit/posix/src/semaphorecreatesupp.c
index 64d8f435b0..77c6924fe5 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/semaphorecreatesupp.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/semaphorecreatesupp.c
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ int _POSIX_Semaphore_Create_support(
     the_semaphore->named = TRUE;
     the_semaphore->open_count = 1;
     the_semaphore->linked = TRUE;
-  }
-  else
+  } else {
     the_semaphore->named = FALSE;
+    the_semaphore->open_count = 0;
+    the_semaphore->linked = FALSE;
+  }
 
   the_sem_attr = &the_semaphore->Semaphore.Attributes;