diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index b35067a3a2..b191fcf1c1 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-15	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	PR 1297/cpukit
+	* posix/src/prwlockinit.c: Fix NULL attribute pointer handling.
+
 2008-08-14     Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
 
 	* rtems/include/rtems/rtems/ratemon.h,
diff --git a/cpukit/posix/src/prwlockinit.c b/cpukit/posix/src/prwlockinit.c
index e769a9b031..c4174c8931 100644
--- a/cpukit/posix/src/prwlockinit.c
+++ b/cpukit/posix/src/prwlockinit.c
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ int pthread_rwlock_init(
   /*
    * Now start error checking the attributes that we are going to use
    */
-  if ( !attr->is_initialized )
+  if ( !the_attr->is_initialized )
     return EINVAL;
 
-  switch ( attr->process_shared ) {
+  switch ( the_attr->process_shared ) {
     case PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE:    /* only supported values */
       break;
     case PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED: