diff --git a/util/ChangeLog b/util/ChangeLog
index c9d1ce3d2..a50763a6f 100644
--- a/util/ChangeLog
+++ b/util/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-10-14  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
+
+	* iobuf.c (iobuf_get_fd): Removed double check on directfp and
+	cats it to FILEP becuase directfp is actually a void *.  Notes by
+	Stefan.
+
 2004-10-13  Werner Koch  <wk@g10code.com>
 
 	* logger.c (g10_log_error_f, g10_log_fatal_f, g10_log_info_f)
diff --git a/util/iobuf.c b/util/iobuf.c
index 3b1fe8636..3a8f4619c 100644
--- a/util/iobuf.c
+++ b/util/iobuf.c
@@ -1857,7 +1857,7 @@ int
 iobuf_get_fd (IOBUF a)
 {
   if (a->directfp)
-    return a->directfp? fileno(a->directfp) : -1;
+    return fileno ( (FILE*)a->directfp );
 
   for ( ; a; a = a->chain )
     if (!a->chain && a->filter == file_filter)