diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index eeb2490ea67..5a60b49f5f8 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1998-08-25  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
 
+	* decl.c (duplicate_decls): Don't complain about different
+	exceptions from an internal decl even if pedantic.
+
 	* typeck.c (convert_for_assignment): Converting from pm of vbase
 	to derived is an error, not a sorry.
 
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 8d3d6d9e492..0179eafdd26 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -3021,8 +3021,8 @@ duplicate_decls (newdecl, olddecl)
 	  TREE_TYPE (olddecl) = build_exception_variant (newtype,
 							 TYPE_RAISES_EXCEPTIONS (oldtype));
 
-	  if ((pedantic || (! DECL_IN_SYSTEM_HEADER (olddecl)
-			    && DECL_SOURCE_LINE (olddecl) != 0))
+	  if ((pedantic || ! DECL_IN_SYSTEM_HEADER (olddecl))
+	      && DECL_SOURCE_LINE (olddecl) != 0
 	      && flag_exceptions
 	      && ! compexcepttypes (TREE_TYPE (newdecl), TREE_TYPE (olddecl)))
 	    {