diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index 78ee5a9ec8b..edb50382ee1 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-06-08  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	PR fortran/44446
+	* symbol.c (check_conflict): Move protected--external/procedure check ...
+	* resolve.c (resolve_select_type): ... to the resolution stage.
+
 2010-06-07  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	* options.c (gfc_handle_option): Fix -fno-recursive.
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
index 7e5a4f95773..e4c739430a8 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
@@ -11311,6 +11311,19 @@ resolve_symbol (gfc_symbol *sym)
 	}
     }
 
+  if (sym->attr.is_protected && !sym->attr.proc_pointer
+      && (sym->attr.procedure || sym->attr.external))
+    {
+      if (sym->attr.external)
+	gfc_error ("PROTECTED attribute conflicts with EXTERNAL attribute "
+	           "at %L", &sym->declared_at);
+      else
+	gfc_error ("PROCEDURE attribute conflicts with PROTECTED attribute "
+	           "at %L", &sym->declared_at);
+
+      return;
+    }
+
   if (sym->attr.flavor == FL_DERIVED && resolve_fl_derived (sym) == FAILURE)
     return;
 
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/symbol.c b/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
index b436de5e2af..adae49f1606 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/symbol.c
@@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ check_conflict (symbol_attribute *attr, const char *name, locus *where)
     }
 
   conf (is_protected, intrinsic)
-  conf (is_protected, external)
   conf (is_protected, in_common)
 
   conf (asynchronous, intrinsic)
@@ -587,7 +586,6 @@ check_conflict (symbol_attribute *attr, const char *name, locus *where)
   conf (procedure, dimension)
   conf (procedure, codimension)
   conf (procedure, intrinsic)
-  conf (procedure, is_protected)
   conf (procedure, target)
   conf (procedure, value)
   conf (procedure, volatile_)
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a32bcb0a853..239ef3eead6 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-06-07  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	PR fortran/44446
+	* gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_27.f90: New.
+
 2010-06-07  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
 	PR c++/44366
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_27.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_27.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83f09598110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_27.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+!
+! PR fortran/44446
+!
+! Contributed by Marco Restelli.
+!
+! Procedure pointer with PROTECTED was wrongly rejected.
+!
+module m
+ implicit none
+ abstract interface
+  pure function i_f(x) result(y)
+   real, intent(in) :: x
+   real :: y
+  end function i_f
+ end interface
+ procedure(i_f), pointer, protected :: p_f => null()
+end module m
+
+! { dg-final { cleanup-modules "m" } }