diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index fd297a08f..f28587d7b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu May  3 18:16:00 2001  Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* net.cc (wsock_init): Rename `was_in_progress' to `wsock_started'
+	for clearness.
+
 Thu May  3 10:44:16 2001  Christopher Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
 
 	* exceptions.cc (handle_exceptions): Break out of "loop" if the
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
index 72c7010d8..56848877b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/net.cc
@@ -1929,14 +1929,14 @@ extern "C" void
 wsock_init ()
 {
   static LONG NO_COPY here = -1L;
-  static int NO_COPY was_in_progress = 0;
+  static int NO_COPY wsock_started = 0;
 
   while (InterlockedIncrement (&here))
     {
       InterlockedDecrement (&here);
       Sleep (0);
     }
-  if (!was_in_progress && (wsock32_handle || ws2_32_handle))
+  if (!wsock_started && (wsock32_handle || ws2_32_handle))
     {
       /* Don't use autoload to load WSAStartup to eliminate recursion. */
       int (*wsastartup) (int, WSADATA *);
@@ -1957,7 +1957,7 @@ wsock_init ()
 	  debug_printf ("iMaxUdpDg %d", wsadata.iMaxUdpDg);
 	  debug_printf ("lpVendorInfo %d", wsadata.lpVendorInfo);
 
-	  was_in_progress = 1;
+	  wsock_started = 1;
         }
     }
   InterlockedDecrement (&here);