diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 41fb7923a7e..5474df92503 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-03-20  Simon Martin  <simartin@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	PR c++/43081:
+	* decl2.c (grokfield): Handle invalid initializers for member
+	functions.
+
 2010-03-20  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
 
 	PR c++/43375
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl2.c b/gcc/cp/decl2.c
index 4e4930af563..9da69e61595 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl2.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl2.c
@@ -908,8 +908,13 @@ grokfield (const cp_declarator *declarator,
 	    }
 	  else if (TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (value)) == METHOD_TYPE)
 	    {
-	      gcc_assert (error_operand_p (init) || integer_zerop (init));
-	      DECL_PURE_VIRTUAL_P (value) = 1;
+	      if (integer_zerop (init))
+		DECL_PURE_VIRTUAL_P (value) = 1;
+	      else if (error_operand_p (init))
+		; /* An error has already been reported.  */
+	      else
+		error ("invalid initializer for member function %qD",
+		       value);
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 2f8f1a80f24..40608019eef 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-03-20  Simon Martin  <simartin@users.sourceforge.net>
+	    Michael Matz  <matz@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/43081
+	* g++.dg/parse/crash56.C: New test.
+
 2010-03-20  Paul Thomas  <pault@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/43450
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/crash56.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/crash56.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a554babe99f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/crash56.C
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* PR c++/43081 */
+/* { dg-do "compile" } */
+/* { dg-options "-std=c++0x" } */
+
+struct A
+{
+  typedef void (F)();
+  F f = []{}; /* { dg-error "invalid initializer" } */
+};
+
+struct B
+{
+  typedef void (F)();
+  F f = 1; /* { dg-error "invalid initializer" } */
+  virtual F f2 = 2; /* { dg-error "invalid initializer" } */
+  F f3 = 3; /* { dg-error "invalid initializer" } */
+};