diff --git a/libcpp/ChangeLog b/libcpp/ChangeLog
index 19936fe431dc..0d25c4d633fc 100644
--- a/libcpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/libcpp/ChangeLog
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 	(enter_macro_context): Set the cpp_reader::about_to_expand_macro_p
 	flag until we really start expanding the macro.
 
-2012-05-24  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
-
-	PR bootstrap/53459
-	* lex.c (search_line_fast): Remove unused typedef check_count.
-
 2012-05-16  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
 
 	PR preprocessor/7263
diff --git a/libcpp/lex.c b/libcpp/lex.c
index 2ebbee967c21..c4dd6035c9bd 100644
--- a/libcpp/lex.c
+++ b/libcpp/lex.c
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ search_line_fast (const uchar *s, const uchar *end ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
   {
 #define N  (sizeof(vc) / sizeof(long))
 
+    typedef char check_count[(N == 2 || N == 4) * 2 - 1];
     union {
       vc v;
       unsigned long l[N];