diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 784da1533f..81101fd7a2 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2007-03-08  Ulrich Weigand  <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp: Allow value without "..." string
+	for -var-create lpcharacter test.
+	* gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp: Likewise.
+
 2007-03-08  Ulrich Weigand  <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp: Allow -var-update null_ptr test to
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp
index fbf754db24..c8b3c6462a 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi-var-cmd.exp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mi_gdb_test "-var-create lcharacter * lcharacter" \
 	"create local variable lcharacter "
 
 mi_gdb_test "-var-create lpcharacter * lpcharacter" \
-	"\\^done,name=\"lpcharacter\",numchild=\"1\",value=\"$hex \\\\\".*\\\\\"\",type=\"char \\*\"" \
+	"\\^done,name=\"lpcharacter\",numchild=\"1\",value=\"$hex.*\",type=\"char \\*\"" \
  	"create local variable lpcharacter"
 
 mi_gdb_test "-var-create llong * llong" \
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
index c2129cc7f5..11b65ceb43 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mi_gdb_test "-var-create lcharacter * lcharacter" \
 	"create local variable lcharacter "
 
 mi_gdb_test "-var-create lpcharacter * lpcharacter" \
-	"\\^done,name=\"lpcharacter\",numchild=\"1\",value=\"$hex \\\\\".*\\\\\"\",type=\"char \\*\"" \
+	"\\^done,name=\"lpcharacter\",numchild=\"1\",value=\"$hex.*\",type=\"char \\*\"" \
 	"create local variable lpcharacter"
 
 mi_gdb_test "-var-create llong * llong" \