diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index e949347a15f1..30b8ee9307dc 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2000-02-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@cygnus.com>
 
+	* jni.cc (mangled_name): Skip leading `(' in signature.
+
 	* jni.cc (add_char): Added missing `else'.
 
 	* jni.cc (_Jv_JNI_AttachCurrentThread): Return error if malloc
diff --git a/libjava/jni.cc b/libjava/jni.cc
index 18cbd9378479..0d78b32b0d39 100644
--- a/libjava/jni.cc
+++ b/libjava/jni.cc
@@ -1308,7 +1308,8 @@ mangled_name (jclass klass, _Jv_Utf8Const *func_name,
   const unsigned char *sig = (const unsigned char *) signature->data;
   limit = sig + signature->length;
   JvAssert (signature[0] == '(');
-  for (int i = 1; ; ++i)
+  ++sig;
+  while (1)
     {
       int ch = UTF8_GET (sig, limit);
       if (ch == ')' || ch < 0)