diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 362c97e0057..02794f9458c 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-02-05  Phil Edwards  <pme@sources.redhat.com>
+
+	* testsuite/27_io/ios_base_members_static.cc:  Swap order of tests.
+
 2001-02-05  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* src/string-inst.cc (string::_M_replace): Explicitly instantiate.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/ios_base_members_static.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/ios_base_members_static.cc
index 08043449bdc..8a0db0b395f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/ios_base_members_static.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/27_io/ios_base_members_static.cc
@@ -30,7 +30,33 @@
 
 #include <debug_assert.h>
 
-bool test01() 
+// N.B. Once we have called sync_with_stdio(false), we can never go back.
+
+void
+test01()
+{
+  std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio();
+ 
+  std::freopen("ios_base_members_static-1.txt", "w", stdout);
+ 
+  for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+    {
+      std::printf("1");
+      std::cout << "2";
+      std::putc('3', stdout); // std::stdout doesn't work here
+      std::cout << '4';
+      std::fputs("5", stdout);
+      std::cout << 6;
+      std::putchar('7');
+      std::cout << 8 << '9';
+      if (i)
+	std::printf ("0\n");
+      else
+	std::cout << "0" << std::endl;
+    }
+}
+
+bool test02() 
 {
   bool test = true;
   
@@ -55,30 +81,6 @@ bool test01()
   return test;
 }
 
-void
-test02()
-{
-  std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio();
- 
-  std::freopen("ios_base_members_static-1.txt", "w", stdout);
- 
-  for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
-    {
-      std::printf("1");
-      std::cout << "2";
-      std::putc('3', stdout); // std::stdout doesn't work here
-      std::cout << '4';
-      std::fputs("5", stdout);
-      std::cout << 6;
-      std::putchar('7');
-      std::cout << 8 << '9';
-      if (i)
-	std::printf ("0\n");
-      else
-	std::cout << "0" << std::endl;
-    }
-}
-
 int main(void)
 {
   test01();
@@ -87,5 +89,3 @@ int main(void)
 }
 
 
-
-