diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 90bea18d704..3a90378b97c 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-02  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/33495
+	* error.c (dump_expr): Deal specially with statements.
+
 2007-11-01  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
 
 	PR c++/30897
diff --git a/gcc/cp/error.c b/gcc/cp/error.c
index 031a22129d7..49ded5e496b 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/error.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/error.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,12 @@ dump_expr (tree t, int flags)
   if (t == 0)
     return;
 
+  if (STATEMENT_CLASS_P (t))
+    {
+      pp_cxx_identifier (cxx_pp, "<statement>");
+      return;
+    }
+
   switch (TREE_CODE (t))
     {
     case VAR_DECL:
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 4303ca49c00..900d322b384 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-02  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/33495
+	* g++.dg/other/error19.C: New.
+
 2007-11-02  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
 
 	PR rtl-optimization/28062
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/error19.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/error19.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9389dc17000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/other/error19.C
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// PR c++/33495
+
+void foo()
+{
+  if (({while(true);})) // { dg-error "forbids|<statement>" }
+    ;
+}