diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 17c097b307f..1a3822d1d51 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-05  Bryce McKinlay  <mckinlay@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/util/Locale.java (readObject): Intern strings read from object
+	stream.
+
 2004-07-04  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnu/gcj/runtime/FirstThread.java,
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/Locale.java b/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
index ca6334cb334..4e8883994ed 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
@@ -765,9 +765,9 @@ public final class Locale implements Serializable, Cloneable
   private void readObject(ObjectInputStream s)
     throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException
   {
-    language = (String) s.readObject();
-    country = (String) s.readObject();
-    variant = (String) s.readObject();    
+    language = ((String) s.readObject()).intern();
+    country = ((String) s.readObject()).intern();
+    variant = ((String) s.readObject()).intern();
     // Recompute hashcode.
     hashcode = language.hashCode() ^ country.hashCode() ^ variant.hashCode();
   }