diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index de38d3f00fa5456811b501a5ab710dce352df759..0e4d688f975dfa6d522e2687a82511bfcab9e31d 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2013-09-20  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/58099
+	* expr.c (gfc_check_pointer_assign): Remove second call to
+	'gfc_compare_interfaces' with swapped arguments.
+	* interface.c (gfc_compare_interfaces): Symmetrize the call to
+	'check_result_characteristics' by calling it with swapped arguments.
+
 2013-09-18  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	* expr.c (gfc_check_assign_symbol): Free lvalue.ref.
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/expr.c b/gcc/fortran/expr.c
index 666309245f036ddcfd1d9a3a404bdedfe5723d8f..b2af32816e5acae6df51d7bef21a08cf15a1be63 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/expr.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/expr.c
@@ -3581,14 +3581,6 @@ gfc_check_pointer_assign (gfc_expr *lvalue, gfc_expr *rvalue)
 	  return false;
 	}
 
-      if (!gfc_compare_interfaces (s2, s1, name, 0, 1,
-				   err, sizeof(err), NULL, NULL))
-	{
-	  gfc_error ("Interface mismatch in procedure pointer assignment "
-		     "at %L: %s", &rvalue->where, err);
-	  return false;
-	}
-
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/interface.c b/gcc/fortran/interface.c
index aa88b3c3fa67ff7692793e04b395ffef4b9e53c8..b8786440fbec8a03565ef779dc772971b3a94142 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/interface.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/interface.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,8 @@ gfc_compare_interfaces (gfc_symbol *s1, gfc_symbol *s2, const char *name2,
       if (s1->attr.function && s2->attr.function)
 	{
 	  /* If both are functions, check result characteristics.  */
-	  if (!check_result_characteristics (s1, s2, errmsg, err_len))
+	  if (!check_result_characteristics (s1, s2, errmsg, err_len)
+	      || !check_result_characteristics (s2, s1, errmsg, err_len))
 	    return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8b6304f0ef2b66ea3d6151d60c542d0930f15f84..203fd13ddb04ac2e4e214306e2d879212e79f26c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-09-20  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/58099
+	* gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_43.f90: New.
+
 2013-09-18  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	PR fortran/57697
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_43.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_43.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b1f77a06ec654c30c822cb46feafea27fb641812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_43.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+!
+! PR 58099: [4.8/4.9 Regression] [F03] over-zealous procedure-pointer error checking
+!
+! Contributed by Daniel Price <daniel.price@monash.edu>
+
+  implicit none
+  procedure(real), pointer :: wfunc
+
+  wfunc => w_cubic 
+ 
+contains
+
+  pure real function w_cubic(q2)
+    real, intent(in) :: q2
+    w_cubic = 0.
+  end function
+
+end