diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
index 3c9b74b82..379007bec 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-19  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* bsd_helper.cc (ipcexit_creat_hookthread): Delete shs in another error
+	case to make Coverity really happy (CID 59993).
+
 2014-06-23  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
 
 	* client.cc: Throughout, fix debug output of signed byte count value.
diff --git a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
index 9b64918f9..524817f1d 100644
--- a/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ ipcexit_creat_hookthread (struct thread *td)
 			GetCurrentProcess (), &shs->process_hdl,
 			0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
     {
+      delete shs;
       log (LOG_CRIT, "failed to duplicate process handle, error = %u",
 		      GetLastError ());
       return cygwin_internal (CW_GET_ERRNO_FROM_WINERROR,