diff --git a/gcc/config/romp/romp.h b/gcc/config/romp/romp.h
index 7ea85896ad6..67178a99615 100644
--- a/gcc/config/romp/romp.h
+++ b/gcc/config/romp/romp.h
@@ -1343,9 +1343,16 @@ struct rt_cargs {int gregs, fregs; };
 
 #define ASM_FILE_START(FILE)				\
 { extern char *version_string;				\
+  char *p;						\
+							\
   fprintf (FILE, "\t.globl .oVncs\n\t.set .oVncs,0\n") ; \
-  fprintf (FILE, "\t.globl .oVgcc%s\n\t.set .oVgcc%s,0\n", \
-	   version_string, version_string);		\
+  fprintf (FILE, "\t.globl .oVgcc");			\
+  for (p = version_string; *p != ' ' && *p != 0; p++)	\
+    fprintf (FILE, "%c", *p);				\
+  fprintf (FILE, "\n\t.set .oVgcc");			\
+  for (p = version_string; *p != ' ' && *p != 0; p++)	\
+    fprintf (FILE, "%c", *p);				\
+  fprintf (FILE, ",0\n");				\
 }
 
 /* Output to assembler file text saying following lines