diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 134ad67646..d2707b856a 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-08-21  Corinna Vinschen  <vinschen@redhat.com
+
+	* aix-thread.c (aix_thread_detach): Disable thread debugging on
+	detach to allow reinitialization.
+
 2002-08-22  Andrew Cagney  <ac131313@redhat.com>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Change the s390 target to s390-linux-gnu (second
diff --git a/gdb/aix-thread.c b/gdb/aix-thread.c
index 6d62eea321..da75f21dbd 100644
--- a/gdb/aix-thread.c
+++ b/gdb/aix-thread.c
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ aix_thread_attach (char *args, int from_tty)
 static void
 aix_thread_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
 {
-  pd_deactivate ();
+  pd_disable ();
   base_target.to_detach (args, from_tty);
 }