diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index c957c261dacbdbcd7c2dc0fe36a8a9b63abdde94..069c0097d03e8a72b72292d769bb3b8f42041637 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-02-18  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/9623
+	* decl.c (reshape_init): Don't mess with initializer labels.
+
 2003-02-18  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>
 
 	PR other/7350
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 82ff6afeabd19a8d7b8c197a68236fdf67779173..adde6280a1de6df47ddc973d612e1d1af2db0da4 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -7638,6 +7638,7 @@ reshape_init (tree type, tree *initp)
 	    {
 	      /* Loop through the initializable fields, gathering
 		 initializers.  */
+              /* FIXME support non-trivial labeled initializers.  */
 	      while (*initp && field)
 		{
 		  tree field_init;
@@ -7652,8 +7653,6 @@ reshape_init (tree type, tree *initp)
 		     initializer for the first member of the union.  */
 		  if (TREE_CODE (type) == UNION_TYPE)
 		    break;
-		  if (TREE_PURPOSE (field_init))
-		    field = TREE_PURPOSE (field_init);
 		  field = next_initializable_field (TREE_CHAIN (field));
 		}
 	    }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/init1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/init1.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c90e2c9cc128b62f67f1804d3a8edd2089970ab2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/init1.C
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// PR c++/9623
+// Test for trivial use of named initializer extension
+
+struct S { int x;  int y; };
+S s = { x:1, y:2 };