diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index ef3ac7baceb..610bbb0a81d 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Sep  7 00:22:22 CEST 2003  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
+
+	* toplev.c  (rest_of_decl_compilation):  Do not finalize external
+	virables. 
+
 Sat Sep  6 23:49:13 CEST 2003  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	PR target/12070
diff --git a/gcc/toplev.c b/gcc/toplev.c
index 462704c8fa3..92ef8358d8a 100644
--- a/gcc/toplev.c
+++ b/gcc/toplev.c
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ rest_of_decl_compilation (tree decl,
 
       /* Don't output anything when a tentative file-scope definition
 	 is seen.  But at end of compilation, do output code for them.  */
-      if (at_end || !DECL_DEFER_OUTPUT (decl))
+      if ((at_end || !DECL_DEFER_OUTPUT (decl)) && !DECL_EXTERNAL (decl))
 	{
 	  if (flag_unit_at_a_time && !cgraph_global_info_ready
 	      && TREE_CODE (decl) != FUNCTION_DECL && top_level)