diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 44c63873b7d..1098dab86ac 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 	(_cpp_read_and_prescan): Change to use unified table.  Use
 	is_hspace to test for whitespace.
 
+	* dbxout.c (CONTIN): If it doesn't have to do anything, give it a
+	definition that doesn't provoke the "empty body in an
+	if-statement" warning.
+
 2000-04-04  Clinton Popetz  <cpopetz@cygnus.com>
 
 	* builtins.c (expand_builtin_strlen): Force the source to
diff --git a/gcc/dbxout.c b/gcc/dbxout.c
index 59264424694..7af36a1b441 100644
--- a/gcc/dbxout.c
+++ b/gcc/dbxout.c
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static int current_sym_nchars;
 #define CONTIN  \
   do {if (current_sym_nchars > DBX_CONTIN_LENGTH) dbxout_continue ();} while (0)
 #else
-#define CONTIN
+#define CONTIN do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 #if defined(ASM_OUTPUT_SECTION_NAME)