diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 000b0d2cfea..f961a99aa5a 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-10-13  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+	PR gcov-profile/44728
+	* gcov.c (create_file_names): When stripping extension only look
+	at base name.
+
 2012-10-13  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	* loop-iv.c (determine_max_iter): Fix handling of AND.
diff --git a/gcc/gcov.c b/gcc/gcov.c
index cf26ce19a2c..09831c2c6d6 100644
--- a/gcc/gcov.c
+++ b/gcc/gcov.c
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ create_file_names (const char *file_name)
     }
 
   /* Remove the extension.  */
-  cptr = strrchr (name, '.');
+  cptr = strrchr (CONST_CAST (char *, lbasename (name)), '.');
   if (cptr)
     *cptr = 0;