diff --git a/gcc/gimplify.cc b/gcc/gimplify.cc
index 2ac7ca0855e5196f002580aab3b695d160306d76..f0fbdb48012b08f29da51327fe9ed26757aa734b 100644
--- a/gcc/gimplify.cc
+++ b/gcc/gimplify.cc
@@ -5488,8 +5488,11 @@ gimplify_init_constructor (tree *expr_p, gimple_seq *pre_p, gimple_seq *post_p,
   if (ret == GS_ERROR)
     return GS_ERROR;
   /* If we have gimplified both sides of the initializer but have
-     not emitted an assignment, do so now.  */
-  if (*expr_p)
+     not emitted an assignment, do so now.   */
+  if (*expr_p
+      /* If the type is an empty type, we don't need to emit the
+	 assignment. */
+      && !is_empty_type (TREE_TYPE (TREE_OPERAND (*expr_p, 0))))
     {
       tree lhs = TREE_OPERAND (*expr_p, 0);
       tree rhs = TREE_OPERAND (*expr_p, 1);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr87052.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr87052.c
index 18e092c46744ea42a761e1034e30fc721d4c6496..796fe6440c174a9816678e6ca4181c48f0ea6032 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr87052.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/pr87052.c
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ void test (void)
 
   const char d[0] = { };
 
-  /* Expect the following:
-     d = ""; */
+  /* Expect nothing.  */
 
   const char e[0] = "";
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ void test (void)
 /* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "a = \"\\\\x00ab\";" 1 "gimple" } }
    { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "b = \"a\\\\x00bc\";"  1 "gimple" } }
    { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "c = \"\";"  1 "gimple" } }
-   { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "d = { *};"  1 "gimple" } }
+   { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "d = "  1 "gimple" } }
+   { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "d = {CLOBBER\\(eol\\)}"  1 "gimple" } }
    { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "e = "  1 "gimple" } }
    { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "e = {CLOBBER\\(eol\\)}"  1 "gimple" } }  */