diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 96cf0a954f2..f26f38441bb 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-01-15  Gabriel Dos Reis  <gdr@integrable-solutions.net>
+
+	* decl.c (check_initializer): Fix thinko.
+
 2006-01-14  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/25663
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 2f8533412fd..d28481b94f0 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -4578,7 +4578,7 @@ check_initializer (tree decl, tree init, int flags, tree *cleanup)
 
   if (TREE_CODE (decl) == CONST_DECL)
     {
-      gcc_assert (TREE_CODE (decl) != REFERENCE_TYPE);
+      gcc_assert (TREE_CODE (type) != REFERENCE_TYPE);
 
       DECL_INITIAL (decl) = init;