diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f32e149b38a..1ddebfcc5e8 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Sat Sep 22 09:09:32 2001  Richard Kenner  <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
 
+	* varasm.c (output_constant): Fix unused variable warning.
+
 	* attribs.c: New file, from c-common.c.
 	(attribute_tables): Now four elements.
 	(format_attribute_table, lang_attribute_common): New variables.
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 72ec1a272ae..9230fcf173b 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -4472,9 +4472,9 @@ output_constant (exp, size, align)
 
   if (TREE_CODE (exp) == FDESC_EXPR)
     {
+#ifdef ASM_OUTPUT_FDESC
       HOST_WIDE_INT part = tree_low_cst (TREE_OPERAND (exp, 1), 0);
       tree decl = TREE_OPERAND (exp, 0);
-#ifdef ASM_OUTPUT_FDESC
       ASM_OUTPUT_FDESC (asm_out_file, decl, part);
 #else
       abort ();