diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0b4230a84..ddd4c44b39 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-07-26  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c (__ifreq): Assign pointer for
+	new buffer at the right time.
+	Reported by Jakub Bogusz <qboosh@pld-linux.org>.
+
 2004-07-25  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* inet/Versions [libc, GLIBC_2.3.4]: Add getipv4sourcefilter,
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c
index b93cd56eab..098f11750f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ifreq.c
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ __ifreq (struct ifreq **ifreqs, int *num_ifs, int sockfd)
     {
       ifc.ifc_len = rq_len;
       void *newp = realloc (ifc.ifc_buf, ifc.ifc_len);
-      if (newp == NULL || __ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) < 0)
+      if (newp == NULL
+	  || (ifc.ifc_buf = newp, __ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc)) < 0)
 	{
 	  free (ifc.ifc_buf);
 
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ __ifreq (struct ifreq **ifreqs, int *num_ifs, int sockfd)
 	  *ifreqs = NULL;
 	  return;
 	}
-      ifc.ifc_buf = newp;
 
       if (!old_siocgifconf || ifc.ifc_len < rq_len)
 	break;