diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index e4d93b14fce..9bfdd3ea748 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1998-01-13  Brendan Kehoe  <brendan@cygnus.com>
+
+	* decl.c (init_decl_processing): Only call init_rtti_processing
+	FLAG_RTTI is set.
+
 Mon Jan 12 01:35:18 1998  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
 
 	* init.c (build_new_1): Split out from build_new.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 101b5a309da..8ffcc9d453d 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -5601,7 +5601,8 @@ init_decl_processing ()
   init_class_processing ();
   init_init_processing ();
   init_search_processing ();
-  init_rtti_processing ();
+  if (flag_rtti)
+    init_rtti_processing ();
 
   if (flag_exceptions)
     init_exception_processing ();