diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 545a524b5..5b8c44bf1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
      [packet.c]
      quiet disconnect notifications on the server from error() back to logit()
      if it is a normal client closure; bz#2057 ok+feedback dtucker@
+   - dtucker@cvs.openbsd.org 2013/04/17 09:04:09
+     [session.c]
+     revert rev 1.262; it fails because uid is already set here.  ok djm@
 
 20130418
  - (djm) [config.guess config.sub] Update to last versions before they switch
diff --git a/session.c b/session.c
index 3064ea227..f5c777086 100644
--- a/session.c
+++ b/session.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: session.c,v 1.262 2013/03/06 23:35:23 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: session.c,v 1.263 2013/04/17 09:04:09 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
  *                    All rights reserved
@@ -1529,9 +1529,7 @@ do_setusercontext(struct passwd *pw)
 		/* Permanently switch to the desired uid. */
 		permanently_set_uid(pw);
 #endif
-	} else if (options.chroot_directory != NULL &&
-	    strcasecmp(options.chroot_directory, "none") != 0)
-		fatal("server lacks privileges to chroot to ChrootDirectory");
+	}
 
 	if (getuid() != pw->pw_uid || geteuid() != pw->pw_uid)
 		fatal("Failed to set uids to %u.", (u_int) pw->pw_uid);