diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e4cd906b7cd..5d06fdea127 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-07-25  Andrew MacLeod  <amacleod@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/ia64/ia64.h (STRIP_NAME_ENCODING): Strip out '*' as well.
+
 2001-07-25  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 	    Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
diff --git a/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.h b/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.h
index 5087223669d..bfcfaaa88ca 100644
--- a/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.h
+++ b/gcc/config/ia64/ia64.h
@@ -1930,7 +1930,9 @@ do {									\
    that encode section info.  */
 
 #define STRIP_NAME_ENCODING(VAR, SYMBOL_NAME) \
-  (VAR) = (SYMBOL_NAME) + ((SYMBOL_NAME)[0] == SDATA_NAME_FLAG_CHAR)
+  (VAR) = ((SYMBOL_NAME)                        \
+	   + (*(SYMBOL_NAME) == '*' || *(SYMBOL_NAME) == SDATA_NAME_FLAG_CHAR))
+
 
 
 /* Position Independent Code.  */