diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index dab2e25d8d5..9a2cc7281c5 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-11-06  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* gcov.c (output_data): Use IS_ABSOLUTE_PATHNAME to
+	test for absolute pathnames.
+
 2001-11-06  Olivier Hainque <hainque@act-europe.fr>
 
 	* unwind-dw2.c (execute_cfa_program): Evaluate call frame
diff --git a/gcc/gcov.c b/gcc/gcov.c
index aad22a8cf0e..62aa96ea3dc 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov.c
+++ b/gcc/gcov.c
@@ -1051,12 +1051,7 @@ output_data ()
     {
       /* If this is a relative file name, and an object directory has been
 	 specified, then make it relative to the object directory name.  */
-      if (! (*s_ptr->name == '/' || *s_ptr->name == DIR_SEPARATOR
-	     /* Check for disk name on MS-DOS-based systems.  */
-	     || (DIR_SEPARATOR == '\\'
-		 && s_ptr->name[1] == ':'
-		 && (s_ptr->name[2] == DIR_SEPARATOR
-		     || s_ptr->name[2] == '/')))
+      if (! IS_ABSOLUTE_PATHNAME (s_ptr->name)
 	  && object_directory != 0
 	  && *object_directory != '\0')
 	{