diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 45681106370..cc1b61b751c 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-07  Alexandre Petit-Bianco  <apbianco@cygnus.com>
+
+	* jcf-parse.c (HANDLE_SYNTHETIC_ATTRIBUTE): Don't handle field
+	DECLs.
+
 2001-02-06  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* lex.c (java_new_lexer): Longer error message.
diff --git a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
index 7cc1de62c11..e8eacc5dee7 100644
--- a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
+++ b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
@@ -224,11 +224,12 @@ set_source_filename (jcf, index)
 
 #define HANDLE_SYNTHETIC_ATTRIBUTE()					\
 {									\
-  /* Irrelevant decls should have been nullified by the END macros. */ \
+  /* Irrelevant decls should have been nullified by the END macros.	\
+     We only handle the `Synthetic' attribute on method DECLs.		\
+     DECL_ARTIFICIAL on fields is used for something else (See		\
+     PUSH_FIELD in java-tree.h) */					\
   if (current_method)							\
     DECL_ARTIFICIAL (current_method) = 1;				\
-  else									\
-    DECL_ARTIFICIAL (current_field) = 1;				\
 }
 
 #include "jcf-reader.c"