diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e2c2f7b71e4..e5fdb04cb64 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-08  Andrew Pinski  <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
+
+	* config/darwin.c (darwin_encode_section_info): When the decl has
+	a DECL_INITIAL, it is only defined also when it is not a common.
+
 2004-04-08  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* builtins.c (fold_builtin_isascii, fold_builtin_toascii): New.
diff --git a/gcc/config/darwin.c b/gcc/config/darwin.c
index f6e29b8c96a..fd4ff3234ee 100644
--- a/gcc/config/darwin.c
+++ b/gcc/config/darwin.c
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ darwin_encode_section_info (tree decl, rtx rtl, int first ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
       && (!TREE_PUBLIC (decl) || (!DECL_ONE_ONLY (decl) && !DECL_WEAK (decl)))
       && ((TREE_STATIC (decl)
 	   && (!DECL_COMMON (decl) || !TREE_PUBLIC (decl)))
-	  || (DECL_INITIAL (decl)
+	  || (!DECL_COMMON (decl) && DECL_INITIAL (decl)
 	      && DECL_INITIAL (decl) != error_mark_node)))
     defined = 1;