diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cb488c5b898..77949b3a186 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-10-25  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@cygnus.com>
+
+	* ser-unix.c (do_unix_readchar): Coding style improvement only.
+
 2000-10-25  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@cygnus.com>
 
         * target.c (generic_mourn_inferior): Notify GUI that inferior is gone
diff --git a/gdb/ser-unix.c b/gdb/ser-unix.c
index 73555b27a0a..a6c7b045551 100644
--- a/gdb/ser-unix.c
+++ b/gdb/ser-unix.c
@@ -927,7 +927,8 @@ do_unix_readchar (serial_t scb, int timeout)
 	}
 
       status = ser_unix_wait_for (scb, delta);
-      timeout = (timeout <= 0) ? timeout : (timeout - delta);
+      if (timeout > 0)
+        timeout -= delta;
 
       /* If we got a character or an error back from wait_for, then we can 
          break from the loop before the timeout is completed. */