diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 99d77b15714..1c05e345159 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-09-20  Nigel Stephens  <nigel@mips.com>
+	    Chao-ying Fu  <fu@mips.com>
+
+	* c-decl.c (finish_declspecs): When _Sat is used without
+	_Fract or _Accum, set the default type to cts_fract.
+	This avoids a warning of "type defaults to int".
+
 2007-09-20  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* c-decl.c (check_bitfield_type_and_width): Don't allow _Bool
diff --git a/gcc/c-decl.c b/gcc/c-decl.c
index 493a57ed714..1152253e2e2 100644
--- a/gcc/c-decl.c
+++ b/gcc/c-decl.c
@@ -7767,9 +7767,12 @@ finish_declspecs (struct c_declspecs *specs)
   if (specs->typespec_word == cts_none)
     {
       if (specs->saturating_p)
-	error ("%<_Sat%> is used without %<_Fract%> or %<_Accum%>");
-      if (specs->long_p || specs->short_p
-	  || specs->signed_p || specs->unsigned_p)
+	{
+	  error ("%<_Sat%> is used without %<_Fract%> or %<_Accum%>");
+	  specs->typespec_word = cts_fract;
+	}
+      else if (specs->long_p || specs->short_p
+	       || specs->signed_p || specs->unsigned_p)
 	{
 	  specs->typespec_word = cts_int;
 	}