diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 332468930..7e5814daf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2012-03-03  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	[psaux] Fix handling of track kerning.
+
+	* src/psaux/afmparse.c (afm_parse_track_kern): Don't inverse sign
+	for `min_kern'.  It is indeed quite common that track kerning
+	*increases* spacing for very small sizes.
+
 2012-03-02  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
 	[truetype] Fix Savannah bug #35689.
diff --git a/src/psaux/afmparse.c b/src/psaux/afmparse.c
index 4990b4089..5f3f9e615 100644
--- a/src/psaux/afmparse.c
+++ b/src/psaux/afmparse.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 /*                                                                         */
 /*    AFM parser (body).                                                   */
 /*                                                                         */
-/*  Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 by                              */
+/*  Copyright 2006-2010, 2012 by                                           */
 /*  David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.                      */
 /*                                                                         */
 /*  This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used,       */
@@ -631,9 +631,6 @@
         tk->max_ptsize = shared_vals[3].u.f;
         tk->max_kern   = shared_vals[4].u.f;
 
-        /* is this correct? */
-        if ( tk->degree < 0 && tk->min_kern > 0 )
-          tk->min_kern = -tk->min_kern;
         break;
 
       case AFM_TOKEN_ENDTRACKKERN: