diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 2d2b1a0eed4..ec9eeb0ae36 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-07-14  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+	* gcc.c (main): Compare language[0] with '*' when iterating over
+	the infiles.
+
 2005-07-13  Adrian Strae˝tling  <straetling@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* config/s390/s390.c: (s390_cc_modes_compatible): Move before
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index e3b8b496c46..5317516165c 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -6569,7 +6569,7 @@ main (int argc, const char **argv)
       int i;
 
       for (i = 0; i < n_infiles ; i++)
-	if (infiles[i].language && infiles[i].language != '*')
+	if (infiles[i].language && infiles[i].language[0] != '*')
 	  {
 	    set_input (infiles[i].name);
 	    break;