diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 871f04dfbf1..fa11e459cd0 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Mon Apr 20 20:44:25 1998  Jim Wilson  <wilson@cygnus.com>
+
+	* gcc.c (do_spec_1, case '['): Move flag out of loop and initialize it.
+
 Mon Apr 20 12:43:09 1998  Doug Evans  <devans@canuck.cygnus.com>
 
 	* flow.c (sbitmap_vector_alloc): Ensure sbitmaps properly aligned.
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index ed2ef72e216..fa47ee3a5db 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -3869,13 +3869,12 @@ do_spec_1 (spec, inswitch, soft_matched_part)
 		      char *x = (char *) alloca (strlen (name) * 2 + 1);
 		      char *buf = x;
 		      char *y = name;
+		      int flag = 0;
 
 		      /* Copy all of NAME into BUF, but put __ after
 			 every -D and at the end of each arg,  */
 		      while (1)
 			{
-			  int flag;
-
 			  if (! strncmp (y, "-D", 2))
 			    {
 			      *x++ = '-';