diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 9655109a36..bc9ff0a6ad 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-05-06  David S. Miller  <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
+
+	* linux-nat.c (linux_nat_do_thread_registers): Check for
+	NULL collect_regset method.
+
 2006-05-06  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* s390-tdep.c (s390_collect_regset): New function.
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 5a80311808..932119edfc 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -2549,70 +2549,52 @@ linux_nat_do_thread_registers (bfd *obfd, ptid_t ptid,
   unsigned long lwp = ptid_get_lwp (ptid);
   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = current_gdbarch;
   const struct regset *regset;
-  int core_regset_p, record_reg_p;
+  int core_regset_p;
 
   core_regset_p = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (gdbarch);
-  record_reg_p = 1;
-  if (core_regset_p)
-    {
-      regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg",
-						 sizeof (gregs));
-      if (regset)
-	regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
-				&gregs, sizeof (gregs));
-      else
-	record_reg_p = 0;
-    }
+  if (core_regset_p
+      && (regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg",
+						     sizeof (gregs))) != NULL
+      && regset->collect_regset != NULL)
+    regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
+			    &gregs, sizeof (gregs));
   else
     fill_gregset (&gregs, -1);
 
-  if (record_reg_p)
-    note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prstatus (obfd,
-						 note_data,
-						 note_size,
-						 lwp,
-						 stop_signal, &gregs);
+  note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prstatus (obfd,
+					       note_data,
+					       note_size,
+					       lwp,
+					       stop_signal, &gregs);
 
-  record_reg_p = 1;
-  if (core_regset_p)
-    {
-      regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg2",
-						 sizeof (fpregs));
-      if (regset)
-	regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
-				&fpregs, sizeof (fpregs));
-      else
-	record_reg_p = 0;
-    }
+  if (core_regset_p
+      && (regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg2",
+						     sizeof (fpregs))) != NULL
+      && regset->collect_regset != NULL)
+    regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
+			    &fpregs, sizeof (fpregs));
   else
     fill_fpregset (&fpregs, -1);
 
-  if (record_reg_p)
-    note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prfpreg (obfd,
-						note_data,
-						note_size,
-						&fpregs, sizeof (fpregs));
+  note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prfpreg (obfd,
+					      note_data,
+					      note_size,
+					      &fpregs, sizeof (fpregs));
 
 #ifdef FILL_FPXREGSET
-  record_reg_p = 1;
-  if (core_regset_p)
-    {
-      regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg-xfp",
-						 sizeof (fpxregs));
-      if (regset)
-	regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
-				&fpxregs, sizeof (fpxregs));
-      else
-	record_reg_p = 0;
-    }
+  if (core_regset_p
+      && (regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (gdbarch, ".reg-xfp",
+						     sizeof (fpxregs))) != NULL
+      && regset->collect_regset != NULL)
+    regset->collect_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1,
+			    &fpxregs, sizeof (fpxregs));
   else
     fill_fpxregset (&fpxregs, -1);
 
-  if (record_reg_p)
-    note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prxfpreg (obfd,
-						 note_data,
-						 note_size,
-						 &fpxregs, sizeof (fpxregs));
+  note_data = (char *) elfcore_write_prxfpreg (obfd,
+					       note_data,
+					       note_size,
+					       &fpxregs, sizeof (fpxregs));
 #endif
   return note_data;
 }