diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 72fd837893c..9e502e7b04d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-11-26  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets.h
+	(__numpunct_cache<>::_M_cache): Avoid zeroing _M_grouping,
+	_M_truename and _M_falsename: the constructor always does
+	it immediately before the _M_cache call.
+
 2003-11-25  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* config/locale/gnu/codecvt_members.cc (codecvt::do_length):
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
index e6ad5ebc26a..a29538ac228 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h
@@ -648,8 +648,6 @@ namespace std
     __numpunct_cache<_CharT>::_M_cache(const locale& __loc)
     {
       _M_allocated = true;
-      _M_grouping = NULL;
-      _M_truename = _M_falsename = NULL;
 
       const numpunct<_CharT>& __np = use_facet<numpunct<_CharT> >(__loc);