diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 8ec7a054e38..249cab60abb 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-22  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	PR c++/50491
+	* semantics.c (potential_constant_expression_1): Handle USING_DECL.
+
 2011-09-22  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	PR c++/50371
diff --git a/gcc/cp/semantics.c b/gcc/cp/semantics.c
index 150805f7e81..0662b29b61f 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/semantics.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/semantics.c
@@ -7751,6 +7751,7 @@ potential_constant_expression_1 (tree t, bool want_rval, tsubst_flags_t flags)
       /* We can see a FIELD_DECL in a pointer-to-member expression.  */
     case FIELD_DECL:
     case PARM_DECL:
+    case USING_DECL:
       return true;
 
     case AGGR_INIT_EXPR:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index d9410dd4e50..c3aa2c1f73e 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-22  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	PR c++/50491
+	* g++.dg/cpp0x/pr50491.C: New.
+
 2011-09-22  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR testsuite/50487
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/pr50491.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/pr50491.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48e7a1f743b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/pr50491.C
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// { dg-options "-std=c++0x" }
+
+struct GrandParent {
+  void *get();
+};
+
+template<class OBJ>
+struct Parent : public GrandParent{
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct Child : public Parent<T> {
+  using GrandParent::get;
+  void Foo() {
+    void* ex = get();
+  }
+};