diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 526d2532d4..473c0e3402 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-12-09  Fred Fish  <fnf@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (build_gdbtypes): For builtin_type_char, pass
+	TYPE_FLAG_NOSIGN to init_type() rather than setting it after the
+	type is created.
+
 2001-12-09  Fred Fish  <fnf@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdbtypes.h (TYPE_UNSIGNED, TYPE_NOSIGN, TYPE_CONST,
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 9533903d45..9309495fe6 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -2937,9 +2937,8 @@ build_gdbtypes (void)
 	       "void", (struct objfile *) NULL);
   builtin_type_char =
     init_type (TYPE_CODE_INT, TARGET_CHAR_BIT / TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
-	       0,
+	       TYPE_FLAG_NOSIGN,
 	       "char", (struct objfile *) NULL);
-  TYPE_FLAGS (builtin_type_char) |= TYPE_FLAG_NOSIGN;
   builtin_type_true_char =
     init_type (TYPE_CODE_CHAR, TARGET_CHAR_BIT / TARGET_CHAR_BIT,
 	       0,