diff --git a/libf2c/ChangeLog b/libf2c/ChangeLog
index d31f9a654b7..f95142c02dc 100644
--- a/libf2c/ChangeLog
+++ b/libf2c/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+1998-09-06  Dave Love  <d.love@dl.ac.uk>
+
+	From Toon to fix spurious recursive i/o errors:
+	* libI77/sfe.c (e_wdfe): Set f__init.
+
+	* libI77/dfe.c (c_dfe): Check and set f__init.
+	(s_rdfe, s_wdfe): Don't check and set f__init.
+
 Fri Sep  4 18:40:32 1998  Craig Burley  <burley@gnu.org>
 
 	* libU77/sys_clock_.c (G77_system_clock_0): Fix indentation.
diff --git a/libf2c/libI77/dfe.c b/libf2c/libI77/dfe.c
index f8c1fc14675..dfc23dce62b 100644
--- a/libf2c/libI77/dfe.c
+++ b/libf2c/libI77/dfe.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ c_dfe(a) cilist *a;
 c_dfe(cilist *a)
 #endif
 {
+	if(f__init != 1) f_init();
+	f__init = 3;
 	f__sequential=0;
 	f__formatted=f__external=1;
 	f__elist=a;
@@ -92,8 +94,6 @@ integer s_rdfe(cilist *a)
 #endif
 {
 	int n;
-	if(f__init != 1) f_init();
-	f__init = 3;
 	f__reading=1;
 	if(n=c_dfe(a))return(n);
 	if(f__curunit->uwrt && f__nowreading(f__curunit))
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ integer s_wdfe(cilist *a)
 #endif
 {
 	int n;
-	if(f__init != 1) f_init();
-	f__init = 3;
 	f__reading=0;
 	if(n=c_dfe(a)) return(n);
 	if(f__curunit->uwrt != 1 && f__nowwriting(f__curunit))
diff --git a/libf2c/libI77/sfe.c b/libf2c/libI77/sfe.c
index c7d891804b3..eb6260fec08 100644
--- a/libf2c/libI77/sfe.c
+++ b/libf2c/libI77/sfe.c
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ integer e_wsfe(Void)
 
 integer e_wdfe(Void)
 {
+	f__init = 1;
 	return en_fio();
 }