diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index a144fcd3ad7..6a747c78c8a 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-23  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
+
+	PR c/52290
+	* c-decl.c (start_function): Exit early if decl1 is not FUNTION_DECL.
+
 2012-02-23  Georg-Johann Lay  <avr@gjlay.de>
 
 	* config/avr/avr.md (code_stdname): Add ior, xor.
diff --git a/gcc/c-decl.c b/gcc/c-decl.c
index 93fb16d71ff..de46578e0bf 100644
--- a/gcc/c-decl.c
+++ b/gcc/c-decl.c
@@ -7702,7 +7702,8 @@ start_function (struct c_declspecs *declspecs, struct c_declarator *declarator,
 
   /* If the declarator is not suitable for a function definition,
      cause a syntax error.  */
-  if (decl1 == 0)
+  if (decl1 == 0
+      || TREE_CODE (decl1) != FUNCTION_DECL)
     return 0;
 
   loc = DECL_SOURCE_LOCATION (decl1);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 084ab6c1a52..a3513e9215e 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-23  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
+
+	PR c/52290
+	* gcc.dg/noncompile/pr52290.c: New test.
+
 2012-02-23  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/52019
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/noncompile/pr52290.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/noncompile/pr52290.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..275543cfca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/noncompile/pr52290.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/* { dg-error "undeclared here" "" { target *-*-* } 3 } */
+/* { dg-error "expected" "" { target *-*-* } 3 } */
+int f()[j]