diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e70b4c5a6..254fcfbd35 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2016-09-02  Roland McGrath  <roland@hack.frob.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/posix/wait3.c: Don't treat STAT_LOC as a union, since it's
+	not any more.
+
 	* sysdeps/nacl/clock.c (clock): nacl_abi_clock_t -> nacl_irt_clock_t
 
 2016-09-02  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/wait3.c b/sysdeps/posix/wait3.c
index cf43d973a7..73722d2be6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/wait3.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/wait3.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ __wait3 (int *stat_loc, int options, struct rusage *usage)
       __set_errno (ENOSYS);
       return (pid_t) -1;
     }
-  return __waitpid (WAIT_ANY, stat_loc.__iptr, options);
+  return __waitpid (WAIT_ANY, stat_loc, options);
 }
 
 weak_alias (__wait3, wait3)