diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index bfdee68f0d34aacd3af545caea0e7fb06081efe9..e1f72a12f98d8b58a5bd9c0414bee8ae21110d04 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-11-18  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/42072
+	* trans-expr.c (gfc_conv_procedure_call): Handle procedure pointer
+	dummies which are passed to C_F_PROCPOINTER.
+
 2009-11-18  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* module.c (mio_f2k_derived): Initialize op.
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.c b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.c
index 5a45f4f6368b9c584aad6f113a56fdcadfaa1360..b72d5401bae2d36edc4a8f313510efcbbb8d767a 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.c
@@ -2640,13 +2640,16 @@ gfc_conv_procedure_call (gfc_se * se, gfc_symbol * sym,
 	  gfc_conv_expr (&fptrse, arg->next->expr);
 	  gfc_add_block_to_block (&se->pre, &fptrse.pre);
 	  gfc_add_block_to_block (&se->post, &fptrse.post);
-
-	  if (gfc_is_proc_ptr_comp (arg->next->expr, NULL))
-	    tmp = gfc_get_ppc_type (arg->next->expr->ref->u.c.component);
-	  else
-	    tmp = TREE_TYPE (arg->next->expr->symtree->n.sym->backend_decl);
-	  se->expr = fold_build2 (MODIFY_EXPR, tmp, fptrse.expr,
-				  fold_convert (tmp, cptrse.expr));
+	  
+	  if (arg->next->expr->symtree->n.sym->attr.proc_pointer
+	      && arg->next->expr->symtree->n.sym->attr.dummy)
+	    fptrse.expr = build_fold_indirect_ref_loc (input_location,
+						       fptrse.expr);
+	  
+	  se->expr = fold_build2 (MODIFY_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (fptrse.expr),
+				  fptrse.expr,
+				  fold_convert (TREE_TYPE (fptrse.expr),
+						cptrse.expr));
 
 	  return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 01961823f9e4363c0b03b2a9058cdab392cc90fb..594210fe335a424c15d112917b1bf46dfbf2b785 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-11-18  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/42072
+	* gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_8.f90: Extended.
+
 2009-11-18  Shujing Zhao  <pearly.zhao@oracle.com>
 
 	* g++.old-deja/g++.other/crash28.C: Make expected dg-error strings
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_8.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_8.f90
index 80d26619bc01acaa88ad7dbba70cd66d3f46d708..f45d114f833698aa63a50fe2209e0577a043c753 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_8.f90
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/proc_ptr_8.f90
@@ -23,12 +23,23 @@ MODULE X
 END MODULE X
 
 USE X
-PROCEDURE(mytype), POINTER :: ptype
+PROCEDURE(mytype), POINTER :: ptype,ptype2
 
 CALL init()
 CALL C_F_PROCPOINTER(funpointer,ptype)
 if (ptype(3) /= 9) call abort()
 
+! the stuff below was added with PR 42072
+call setpointer(ptype2)
+if (ptype2(4) /= 12) call abort()
+
+contains
+
+  subroutine setpointer (p)
+    PROCEDURE(mytype), POINTER :: p
+    CALL C_F_PROCPOINTER(funpointer,p)
+  end subroutine
+
 END
 
 ! { dg-final { cleanup-modules "X" } }