diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 0304542596f0..b2907b383d7b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-29  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@unitus.it>
+
+	* include/std/std_streambuf.h (uflow): According to
+	27.5.2.4.3,p16, don't check gptr() < egptr().
+
 2003-06-28  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@unitus.it>
 
 	PR libstdc++/9875
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/std_streambuf.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/std_streambuf.h
index bf6aa4282801..f29fea5f5b7a 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/std_streambuf.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/std_streambuf.h
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ namespace std
 	int_type __ret = traits_type::eof();
 	const bool __testeof = traits_type::eq_int_type(this->underflow(), 
 							__ret);
-	if (!__testeof && this->gptr() < this->egptr())
+	if (!__testeof)
 	  {
 	    __ret = traits_type::to_int_type(*this->gptr());
 	    this->gbump(1);