diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 16949faa98a..a384ca882c1 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-13  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* c-decl.c (duplicate_decls): Re-invoke make_decl_rtl if
+	the old decl had instantiated DECL_RTL.
+
 2003-05-13  Mike Stump  <mrs@apple.com>
 
 	* doc/invoke.texi (Option Summary): Kill off documentation for -$.
diff --git a/gcc/c-decl.c b/gcc/c-decl.c
index b27ca06c79d..28ba6431767 100644
--- a/gcc/c-decl.c
+++ b/gcc/c-decl.c
@@ -1529,6 +1529,15 @@ duplicate_decls (newdecl, olddecl, different_binding_level)
      Update OLDDECL to be the same.  */
   DECL_ATTRIBUTES (olddecl) = DECL_ATTRIBUTES (newdecl);
 
+  /* If OLDDECL had its DECL_RTL instantiated, re-invoke make_decl_rtl
+     so that encode_section_info has a chance to look at the new decl
+     flags and attributes.  */
+  if (DECL_RTL_SET_P (olddecl)
+      && (TREE_CODE (olddecl) == FUNCTION_DECL
+	  || (TREE_CODE (olddecl) == VAR_DECL
+	      && TREE_STATIC (olddecl))))
+    make_decl_rtl (olddecl, NULL);
+
   return 1;
 }