diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a4b62de4099..434e539b005 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-09-12  Josh Conner  <jconner@apple.com>
+
+	PR middle-end/23237
+	* gcc.c-torture/compile/pr23237.c: New test. 
+
 2005-09-11  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* g++.dg/other/error8.C: Update expected diagnostic text.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/pr23237.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/pr23237.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bbb3483a557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.c-torture/compile/pr23237.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/* { dg-require-effective-target named_sections } */
+
+static __attribute__ ((__section__ (".init.data"))) char *message;
+static __attribute__ ((__section__ (".init.data"))) int (*actions[])(void) = {};
+void unpack_to_rootfs(void)
+{
+  while (!message)
+  {
+    if(!actions[0])
+      return;
+  }
+}