diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1c43d8a1bb6..651ba4835b6 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-12-27  Steven Bosscher  <steven@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* cgraph.c (verify_cgraph_node): Don't allocate/free visited_nodes set.
+
 2012-12-25  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
 	PR target/53789
diff --git a/gcc/cgraph.c b/gcc/cgraph.c
index 3af545671e1..444b4f0e957 100644
--- a/gcc/cgraph.c
+++ b/gcc/cgraph.c
@@ -2498,9 +2498,6 @@ verify_cgraph_node (struct cgraph_node *node)
     {
       if (this_cfun->cfg)
 	{
-	  /* The nodes we're interested in are never shared, so walk
-	     the tree ignoring duplicates.  */
-	  struct pointer_set_t *visited_nodes = pointer_set_create ();
 	  /* Reach the trees by walking over the CFG, and note the
 	     enclosing basic-blocks in the call edges.  */
 	  FOR_EACH_BB_FN (this_block, this_cfun)
@@ -2550,7 +2547,6 @@ verify_cgraph_node (struct cgraph_node *node)
 		      }
 		  }
 	      }
-	  pointer_set_destroy (visited_nodes);
 	}
       else
 	/* No CFG available?!  */