diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ce6bc31f7..23eef6a1be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-18  Art Haas  <ahaas@airmail.net>
+
+	* malloc/malloc.h: Remove unneeded ';' where closing the C++
+	extern block.
+
 2003-08-18  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/ia64/dl-fptr.h (ELF_MACHINE_LOAD_ADDRESS): Support
diff --git a/malloc/malloc.h b/malloc/malloc.h
index 868a2f6fc3..ff8194f389 100644
--- a/malloc/malloc.h
+++ b/malloc/malloc.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ extern void __malloc_check_init __MALLOC_P ((void));
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
-}; /* end of extern "C" */
+} /* end of extern "C" */
 #endif
 
 #endif /* malloc.h */