diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index 6a6b05cbedc..b54ad3d6a1a 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-01-27  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
+
+	PR fortran/52016
+	* resolve.c (resolve_formal_arglist): Fix elemental
+	constraint checks for polymorphic dummies also for
+	pointers.
+	
 2012-01-27  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	PR fortran/51970
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
index 2e510047143..2a967120d29 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
@@ -401,7 +401,9 @@ resolve_formal_arglist (gfc_symbol *proc)
 	      continue;
 	    }
 
-	  if (sym->attr.pointer)
+	  if (sym->attr.pointer
+	      || (sym->ts.type == BT_CLASS && CLASS_DATA (sym)
+		  && CLASS_DATA (sym)->attr.class_pointer))
 	    {
 	      gfc_error ("Argument '%s' of elemental procedure at %L cannot "
 			 "have the POINTER attribute", sym->name,