diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 7cec888043..c0b1a5b317 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Fri Oct 11 14:23:50 1996  Fred Fish  <fnf@cygnus.com>
+
+	* dbxread.c (process_one_symbol): Check for null string directly
+	rather than using strcmp against "".
+	* partial-stab.h: Ditto.
+
 Fri Oct 11 12:18:32 1996  Mark Alexander  <marka@cygnus.com>
 
 	* gdbserver/{gdbreplay.c,low-linux.c,remote-utils.c,utils.c}:
diff --git a/gdb/partial-stab.h b/gdb/partial-stab.h
index c51f091f1d..551ee7149e 100644
--- a/gdb/partial-stab.h
+++ b/gdb/partial-stab.h
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
 #ifdef DBXREAD_ONLY
 	  /* See if this is an end of function stab.  */
-	  if (CUR_SYMBOL_TYPE == N_FUN && ! strcmp (namestring, ""))
+	  if (CUR_SYMBOL_TYPE == N_FUN && *namestring == '\000')
 	    {
 	      unsigned long valu;