diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog.hpread b/gdb/ChangeLog.hpread
index 4534bb56aa..cfe6d1bb02 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog.hpread
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog.hpread
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Wed Sep 28 00:35:23 1994  Jeff Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
 
+	* hpread.c (hpread_read_array_type): Do not change the type code
+	to TYPE_CODE_PTR for "char foo[]".  Just make it a zero length
+	array type.
+
 	* hpread.c (hpread_type_translate): Handle T_UNS_LONG types with
 	lengths other than 32bits (HP C 9.69 represents an "unsigned char"
 	as an T_UNS_LONG with length 8).
diff --git a/gdb/hpread.c b/gdb/hpread.c
index f070d3e633..ad142a8ea8 100644
--- a/gdb/hpread.c
+++ b/gdb/hpread.c
@@ -1556,9 +1556,8 @@ hpread_read_array_type (hp_type, dn_bufp, objfile)
     {
       /* The HP debug format represents char foo[]; as an array with
 	 length 0x7fffffff.  Internally GDB wants to represent this
-	 as a pointer.  Ugh.  */
-     TYPE_CODE (type) = TYPE_CODE_PTR;
-     TYPE_LENGTH (type) = 4;
+	 as an array of length zero.  */
+     TYPE_LENGTH (type) = 0;
     }
   else
     TYPE_LENGTH (type) = dn_bufp->darray.arraylength / 8;