diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index dee21a972b4..9abb9c8d395 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-07  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	PR c++/19298
+	* pt.c (tsubst_qualified_id): Call convert_from_reference.
+
 2005-01-06  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/19244
diff --git a/gcc/cp/pt.c b/gcc/cp/pt.c
index ad852c5a136..972e2669b55 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/pt.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/pt.c
@@ -7648,6 +7648,8 @@ tsubst_qualified_id (tree qualified_id, tree args,
 	      (expr, scope, current_class_type));
       expr = finish_qualified_id_expr (scope, expr, done, address_p);
     }
+  
+  expr = convert_from_reference (expr);
 
   return expr;
 }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 832d43a2505..46a2093794e 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-07  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	PR c++/19298
+	* g++.dg/template/ref2.C: New.
+
 2005-01-07  Andrew Pinski  <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
 
 	* gcc.c-torture/compile/pr17529.c (y): Change size of array to 1
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ref2.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ref2.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9feb19d2f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/ref2.C
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+// Contributed by Nathan Sidwell 7 Jan 2005 <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+// PR 19298: Rejects legal
+// Origin: Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+struct t
+{
+  void f() const;
+};
+
+template <typename _Tp>
+struct A
+{
+ static t const&  c;
+};
+
+template <typename _Tp>
+void g(void)
+{
+  A<_Tp>::c.f();
+}
+
+void h(void)
+{
+  g<int>();
+}