diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f54933d6b12..1b0c1afad59 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Wed Jun 28 15:39:26 2000  Donn Terry (donnte@microsoft.com)
 
+	* i386-interix.h (STRIP_NAME_ENCODING): Declare _new_name properly.
+
 	* alpha/alpha-interix.h: Delete redundant -Asystem(interix),
 	use -isystem instead of -idirafter.
 	* i386/i386-interix.h: Likewise.
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386-interix.h b/gcc/config/i386/i386-interix.h
index b44b5b6c96d..82a9cb8e033 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386-interix.h
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386-interix.h
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ do {									\
   if (*_p == '@')							\
     {									\
       int _len = _p - _name;						\
-      _new_name = (char *) alloca (_len + 1);				\
+      char *_new_name = (char *) alloca (_len + 1);			\
       strncpy (_new_name, _name, _len);					\
       _new_name[_len] = '\0';						\
       (VAR) = _new_name;						\