diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0f4f278b02..4a63796cd6 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-08-14  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (make_pointer_type): Remove redundant setting of
+	TYPE_POINTER_TYPE (type).
+
 2012-08-14  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>
 
 	* solib-svr4.c (svr4_free_library_list): Use free_so.
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 0ea4df1498..b4d8a8c596 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -324,9 +324,6 @@ make_pointer_type (struct type *type, struct type **typeptr)
      gdbarch_address_to_pointer.  */
   TYPE_UNSIGNED (ntype) = 1;
 
-  if (!TYPE_POINTER_TYPE (type))	/* Remember it, if don't have one.  */
-    TYPE_POINTER_TYPE (type) = ntype;
-
   /* Update the length of all the other variants of this type.  */
   chain = TYPE_CHAIN (ntype);
   while (chain != ntype)