diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 337b372e27e..308b70cb919 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-07-24  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* decl.c (reshape_init): Remove unreachable code.
+
 2003-07-24  Kriang Lerdsuwanakij  <lerdsuwa@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	PR c++/11513
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 7f36c99e28a..6d2f09773a2 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -7465,13 +7465,7 @@ reshape_init (tree type, tree *initp)
   old_init_value = (TREE_CODE (*initp) == TREE_LIST
 		    ? TREE_VALUE (*initp) : old_init);
 
-  /* For some parse errors, OLD_INIT_VALUE may be NULL.  */
-  if (!old_init_value)
-    {
-      my_friendly_assert (TREE_CODE (old_init) == TREE_LIST, 20021202);
-      TREE_VALUE (old_init) = error_mark_node;
-      return old_init;
-    }
+  my_friendly_assert (old_init_value, 20030723);
 
   /* If the initializer is brace-enclosed, pull initializers from the
      enclosed elements.  Advance past the brace-enclosed initializer