diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 4bf9102d8bb..8a76c07f1dd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-02  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@unitus.it>
+
+	* testsuite/22_locale/locale/cons/12438.cc: Use
+	__gnu_test::try_named_locale("").
+
 2003-10-01  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
 
 	* linkage.m4 (GLIBCXX_CHECK_STDLIB_DECL_AND_LINKAGE_0): Define.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/locale/cons/12438.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/locale/cons/12438.cc
index 1459d2a0cc2..880da7532ee 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/locale/cons/12438.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/22_locale/locale/cons/12438.cc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void test01(int iters)
       try
 	{
 	  locale loc1 = locale::classic();
-	  locale loc2("");
+	  locale loc2 = __gnu_test::try_named_locale("");
 	  VERIFY( !has_facet<MyFacet>(loc2) );
 	  
 	  loc1.combine<MyFacet>(loc2);