diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index f023cfc9b310..cb041747540c 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-09-18  Mark Wielaard  <mark@klomp.org>
+
+	Reported by Guilhem Lavaux and Julian Dolby
+	* java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java (getSerialPersistentFields): Get the
+	field "serialPersistentFields", not "getSerialPersistentFields".
+
 2003-09-18  Ingo Proetel  <proetel@aicas.com>
 
 	* java/util/TimeZone.java: Initialize lazily.
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java b/libjava/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
index ab233f166d0f..12fb172f85b1 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/ObjectStreamClass.java
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public class ObjectStreamClass implements Serializable
       {
 	// Use getDeclaredField rather than getField for the same reason
 	// as above in getDefinedSUID.
-	Field f = clazz.getDeclaredField ("getSerialPersistentFields");
+	Field f = clazz.getDeclaredField ("serialPersistentFields");
 	f.setAccessible(true);
 	o = (ObjectStreamField[])f.get (null);
       }