diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 619d2b6cb4..2b2eab66e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Oct  7 23:08:51 CEST 2008 Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>
+
+	avoid "make syntax-check" failure
+	* src/cgroup.c (virCgroupSetValueStr): Use safe_write, not write.
+
 Tue Oct  7 18:33:39 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/qemu_driver.c: another OOM handling cleanup (Guido Günther)
diff --git a/src/cgroup.c b/src/cgroup.c
index a7d2ca9575..ed206dc643 100644
--- a/src/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/cgroup.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int virCgroupAddTask(virCgroupPtr group, pid_t pid)
             goto done;
         }
 
-        if (write(fd, pidstr, strlen(pidstr)) <= 0) {
+        if (safe_write(fd, pidstr, strlen(pidstr)) <= 0) {
             rc = -errno;
             goto done;
         }