diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1c857f8c32..46a58451c2 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Nov 12 11:18:02 1993  Kung Hsu  (kung@cirdan.cygnus.com)
+
+	* gdbtypes.c (lookup_struct_elt_type): Handle type ref or pointer
+	to struct/union case.
+
 Fri Nov 12 10:39:31 1993  Stu Grossman  (grossman at cygnus.com)
 
 	* coff-solib.c (coff_solib_add):  Cast result of alloca().
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.c b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
index 233cb7f77d..473aac4eaa 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbtypes.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ lookup_struct_elt_type (type, name, noerr)
 {
   int i;
 
-  if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR ||
+  while (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR ||
       TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_REF)
       type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type);