diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 144acac9059..daf843df80f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-03  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* varasm.c (const_desc_rtx_sym_eq): Compare symbol strings.
+
 2004-02-03  J"orn Rennecke <joern.rennecke@superh.com>
 
 	* config.gcc (sh[234]l): Use little endian fragments.
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 27f2f34b32c..91ca4356396 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ const_desc_rtx_sym_eq (const void *a, const void *b)
 {
   const struct constant_descriptor_rtx *x = a;
   const struct constant_descriptor_rtx *y = b;
-  return x->sym == y->sym;
+  return XSTR (x->sym, 0) == XSTR (y->sym, 0);
 }
 
 /* This is the worker function for const_rtx_hash, called via for_each_rtx.  */