diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 7f855b79f37..3fe43ec3720 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2000-05-09  Zack Weinberg  <zack@wolery.cumb.org>
 
+	* gcc.c (used_arg): Skip over a semicolon at the end of the
+	split-up loop; don't break out of it.
+
 	* Makefile.in (WARN_CFLAGS): Add -Wwrite-strings.
 	(tree.o): Depend on output.h.
 
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index 270e4ed5742..334e72b7e1d 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -5993,8 +5993,8 @@ used_arg (p, len)
 	    }
 	  matches[i].rep_len = q - matches[i].replace;
 	  i++;
-	  if (*q != ';')
-	    break;
+	  if (*q == ';')
+	    q++;
 	}
 
       /* Now build a list of the replacement string for switches that we care