diff --git a/gcc/cp/typeck2.c b/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
index c01f2f8ced449acf3fd5ebd1f884635d8895823e..e98fbf7f5fa31b5ce44b18af46fc355ff9ebcb61 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/typeck2.c
@@ -484,6 +484,15 @@ split_nonconstant_init_1 (tree dest, tree init, bool nested)
 	   && TYPE_HAS_NONTRIVIAL_DESTRUCTOR (type))
 	  || vla_type_p (type))
 	{
+	  if (!TYPE_DOMAIN (type)
+	      && TREE_CODE (init) == CONSTRUCTOR
+	      && CONSTRUCTOR_NELTS (init))
+	    {
+	      /* Flexible array.  */
+	      cp_complete_array_type (&type, init, /*default*/true);
+	      dest = build1 (VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR, type, dest);
+	    }
+
 	  /* For an array, we only need/want a single cleanup region rather
 	     than one per element.  */
 	  tree code = build_vec_init (dest, NULL_TREE, init, false, 1,
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/flexary37.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/flexary37.C
index ceb5053de2e15098b6630cdaf7595efb69f9dd67..5cd48c1f773fd543bbd6c076671f32ff9e61aeb9 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/flexary37.C
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/ext/flexary37.C
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ public:
 
 struct y { // { dg-error "unknown array size in delete" }
     int a; C b[];
-} y = { 1, { { 2, 3 } } }; // { dg-error "unknown array size in delete" }
+} y = { 1, { { 2, 3 } } };