diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 6e7ea5d7548b..a9d1b2466208 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-04-08  Alberto Biancardi  <alberto.biancardi@unipv.it>
+
+	Fix for PR libgcj/6187:
+	* java/awt/geom/Point2D.java (distance): Call distanceSq, not
+	distance.
+
 2002-04-07  Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
 
         * java/util/AbstractMap.java (putAll): Use entrySet size.
diff --git a/libjava/java/awt/geom/Point2D.java b/libjava/java/awt/geom/Point2D.java
index 135e9afb6635..598402b00c0d 100644
--- a/libjava/java/awt/geom/Point2D.java
+++ b/libjava/java/awt/geom/Point2D.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class Point2D implements Cloneable
 
   static public double distance (double X1, double Y1, double X2, double Y2)
   {
-    return Math.sqrt(distance(X1, Y1, X2, Y2));
+    return Math.sqrt(distanceSq(X1, Y1, X2, Y2));
   }
 
   public double distanceSq (double PX, double PY)