diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a93c97f08b..025b256fd9 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Mar 14 05:52:36 1995  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+	* valops.c (value_repeat), eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard):
+	If VALUE_REPEATED is already set, just error out.
+
 	* valops.c (value_cast, value_slice), parse.c (follow_types): Add
 	FIXME-type-allocation comments.
 
diff --git a/gdb/valops.c b/gdb/valops.c
index fdd94e5a97..ea0a3437b0 100644
--- a/gdb/valops.c
+++ b/gdb/valops.c
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ value_repeat (arg1, count)
     error ("Only values in memory can be extended with '@'.");
   if (count < 1)
     error ("Invalid number %d of repetitions.", count);
+  if (VALUE_REPEATED (arg1))
+    error ("Cannot create artificial arrays of artificial arrays.");
 
   val = allocate_repeat_value (VALUE_TYPE (arg1), count);