diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 9ad6e11b049528c23444d226e5d040e23f39184a..8f9210500f31f7f206558b6526c188da3793e36c 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-04-29  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/6477
+	* decl.c (follow_tag_typedef): Check if TYPE_NAME (original) is
+	non-NULL first.
+
 2002-04-29  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/6492
diff --git a/gcc/cp/decl.c b/gcc/cp/decl.c
index 450bc3988a8093cbdb36efde8ee036a1f8c66398..9f03294c94a870a50d26c1843c419729c1a85928 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/decl.c
@@ -5332,6 +5332,8 @@ follow_tag_typedef (type)
   tree original;
 
   original = original_type (type);
+  if (! TYPE_NAME (original))
+    return NULL_TREE;
   if (TYPE_IDENTIFIER (original) == TYPE_IDENTIFIER (type)
       && (CP_DECL_CONTEXT (TYPE_NAME (original))
 	  == CP_DECL_CONTEXT (TYPE_NAME (type)))
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 722263a9d9909951886b0cb5d4c780074a5a3d07..8c3477199105319d87f05337b540691e0bf7b5d9 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-04-29  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* g++.dg/parse/typedef1.C: New test.
+
 2002-04-29  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
 	PR c++/6486
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/typedef1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/typedef1.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5dbd16a154f7e3589e04f1237644401a147def35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/parse/typedef1.C
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// PR c++/6477
+typedef struct A_ *A;	// { dg-error "previous declaration as" }
+typedef struct A B;	// { dg-error "conflicting types" }