diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 6232143becc1..998fe5459a94 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-04-12  Andrew Pinski  <pinskia@physics.uc.edu>
+
+	PR debug/15033
+	* dwarf2out.c (rtl_for_decl_location): Check for NULL
+	rtl.
+
 2004-04-20  James E Wilson  <wilson@specifixinc.com>
 
 	* config/ia64/ia64.md (call_value_nogp): Add constraints for op0.
diff --git a/gcc/dwarf2out.c b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
index 9cd05a0a6446..4cf97124adff 100644
--- a/gcc/dwarf2out.c
+++ b/gcc/dwarf2out.c
@@ -9757,6 +9757,7 @@ rtl_for_decl_location (tree decl)
 	}
     }
   else if (TREE_CODE (decl) == VAR_DECL
+	   && rtl
 	   && GET_CODE (rtl) == MEM
 	   && GET_MODE (rtl) != TYPE_MODE (TREE_TYPE (decl))
 	   && BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN)