diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 66c04a6f359..70dbcb3e715 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2016-05-19  David Malcolm  <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/71184
+	* parser.c (cp_parser_operator): For array new/delete, check that
+	cp_parser_require returned a non-NULL token before dereferencing
+	it.
+
 2016-05-19  Bernd Edlinger  <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
 
 	* decl.c (finish_enum_value_list): Use the specified mode.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parser.c b/gcc/cp/parser.c
index 3abba12fd3e..076e7f36847 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parser.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/parser.c
@@ -13791,8 +13791,9 @@ cp_parser_operator (cp_parser* parser)
 	    /* Consume the `[' token.  */
 	    cp_lexer_consume_token (parser->lexer);
 	    /* Look for the `]' token.  */
-	    end_loc = cp_parser_require (parser, CPP_CLOSE_SQUARE,
-                                         RT_CLOSE_SQUARE)->location;
+	    if (cp_token *close_token
+		= cp_parser_require (parser, CPP_CLOSE_SQUARE, RT_CLOSE_SQUARE))
+	      end_loc = close_token->location;
 	    id = ansi_opname (op == NEW_EXPR
 			      ? VEC_NEW_EXPR : VEC_DELETE_EXPR);
 	  }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index f543d183219..1630598fe31 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-05-19  David Malcolm  <dmalcolm@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/71184
+	* g++.dg/pr71184.C: New test case.
+
 2016-05-19  Kelvin Nilsen  <kelvin@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* gcc.target/powerpc/darn-0.c: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr71184.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr71184.C
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..452303e47a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/pr71184.C
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+operator new[ // { dg-error "expected type-specifier before 'new'" }