diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 210c09af094..cb48b1bf8ff 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-01-24  Per Bothner  <per@bothner.com>
+
+	* verify.cc (is_assignable_from_slow): If source is an interface,
+	we must also check the the superclass.
+
 2002-01-24  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* gnu/awt/xlib/XToolkit.java (getPrintJob): New stub method.
diff --git a/libjava/verify.cc b/libjava/verify.cc
index 8627de571c3..3b033c748d9 100644
--- a/libjava/verify.cc
+++ b/libjava/verify.cc
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ private:
 		if (is_assignable_from_slow (target, source->interfaces[i]))
 		    return true;
 	      }
-	    return false;
+	    source = source->getSuperclass ();
+	    if (source == NULL)
+	      return false;
 	  }
 	else if (target == &java::lang::Object::class$)
 	  return true;