diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 760dd9574d0..19e50caf64c 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-08-07  Jason Merrill  <jason_merrill@redhat.com>
 
+	* c-semantics.c (make_rtl_for_local_static): Use DECL_RTL_SET_P.
+
 	* alias.c (get_alias_set): Return a previously calculated
 	alias set for a VAR_DECL.
 
diff --git a/gcc/c-semantics.c b/gcc/c-semantics.c
index 8f08ff38938..2ee2647e14e 100644
--- a/gcc/c-semantics.c
+++ b/gcc/c-semantics.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ make_rtl_for_local_static (decl)
      already create RTL, which means that the modification to
      DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME came only via the explicit extension.  */
   if (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl) != DECL_NAME (decl)
-      && !DECL_RTL (decl))
+      && !DECL_RTL_SET_P (decl))
     asmspec = IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl));
 
   rest_of_decl_compilation (decl, asmspec, /*top_level=*/0, /*at_end=*/0);