diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index b29d878153c..a0cd7a40a7e 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-2003-08-09  Bernardo Innocenti  <bernie@develer.com>
+2003-09-09  David Edelsohn  <edelsohn@gnu.org>
+
+	* src/ios.cc (ios_base::Init::Init): Remove unnecessary
+	qualifier from _S_synced_with_stdio.
+
+2003-09-09  Bernardo Innocenti  <bernie@develer.com>
 
 	* include/c_std/std_cstdlib.h: Avoid using missing C library symbols.
 
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/ios.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/ios.cc
index 9f7b4fd3361..9dd0ecb53d7 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/ios.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/ios.cc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ namespace std
     if (_S_ios_base_init == 0)
       {
 	// Standard streams default to synced with "C" operations.
-	ios_base::Init::_S_synced_with_stdio = true;
+	_S_synced_with_stdio = true;
 
 	new (&buf_cout_sync) stdio_sync_filebuf<char>(stdout);
 	new (&buf_cin_sync) stdio_sync_filebuf<char>(stdin);