diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index def44f168a..61d4a0f52f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-02-05  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h (MS_SYNC): 0 will not
+	work - set to 4 in accordance with changes made in the Linux/MIPS
+	kernel.  Using MS_SYNC on older kernels with MS_SYNC == 0 doesn't
+	actually work.
+
 2000-02-04  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h: Use correct values for
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h
index 0efbab2f21..5b8c752ccd 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/bits/mman.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Definitions for POSIX memory map interface.  Linux/PowerPC version.
+/* Definitions for POSIX memory map interface.  Linux/MIPS version.
    Copyright (C) 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 
 /* Flags to `msync'.  */
 #define MS_ASYNC	1		/* Sync memory asynchronously.  */
-#define MS_SYNC		0		/* Synchronous memory sync.  */
 #define MS_INVALIDATE	2		/* Invalidate the caches.  */
+#define MS_SYNC		4		/* Synchronous memory sync.  */
 
 /* Flags for `mlockall'.  */
 #define MCL_CURRENT	1		/* Lock all currently mapped pages.  */