diff --git a/gcc/ada/ChangeLog b/gcc/ada/ChangeLog
index 67300939fe0..5e9f8b719b1 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ada/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-06  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
+
+	* gcc-interface/misc.c (gnat_printable_name): Always return a copy
+	in GC memory.
+
 2008-11-06  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
 
 	PR ada/19419
diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/misc.c b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/misc.c
index 7c7dc02f36f..3026e9057b9 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/misc.c
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/misc.c
@@ -603,10 +603,10 @@ gnat_printable_name (tree decl, int verbosity)
   if (verbosity == 2)
     {
       Set_Identifier_Casing (ada_name, (char *) DECL_SOURCE_FILE (decl));
-      ada_name = Name_Buffer;
+      return ggc_strdup (Name_Buffer);
     }
-
-  return (const char *) ada_name;
+  else
+    return ada_name;
 }
 
 /* Expands GNAT-specific GCC tree nodes.  The only ones we support