diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 7392287cd49..3d8701795dc 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-04  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
+
+	PR java/17779
+	* jcf-parse.c (parse_zip_file_entries): Move decl to compile on
+	C90.
+
 2008-01-03  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
 
 	PR java/17779
diff --git a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
index 8aa007c9924..c3fe5247891 100644
--- a/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
+++ b/gcc/java/jcf-parse.c
@@ -2075,8 +2075,8 @@ parse_zip_file_entries (void)
 	case 1:
 	  {
 	    char *class_name = compute_class_name (zdir);
-	    class = lookup_class (get_identifier (class_name));
 	    int previous_alias_set = -1;
+	    class = lookup_class (get_identifier (class_name));
 	    FREE (class_name);
 	    current_jcf = TYPE_JCF (class);
 	    output_class = current_class = class;