diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 0e2b8b1e353badb827fa0460b9aebf0d489fdc97..f66e444e601b9c1b925010e2c98597436cde00b3 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2004-09-24  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR java/16789:
+	* parse.y (resolve_qualified_expression_name): Set
+	CAN_COMPLETE_NORMALLY on first call when chaining static calls.
+	* expr.c (force_evaluation_order): Check for empty argument list
+	after stripping COMPOUND_EXPR.
+
 2004-09-23  Andrew Haley  <aph@redhat.com>
 
 	PR java/16927:
diff --git a/gcc/java/expr.c b/gcc/java/expr.c
index 33d3afdd3c03b51b6be6b1b696679dc522c1e8cb..33c048fe5e4c26c977f8348035b7dc9de869cc12 100644
--- a/gcc/java/expr.c
+++ b/gcc/java/expr.c
@@ -3178,9 +3178,6 @@ force_evaluation_order (tree node)
     {
       tree arg, cmp;
 
-      if (!TREE_OPERAND (node, 1))
-	return node;
-
       arg = node;
       
       /* Position arg properly, account for wrapped around ctors. */
@@ -3189,7 +3186,11 @@ force_evaluation_order (tree node)
       
       arg = TREE_OPERAND (arg, 1);
       
-      /* Not having a list of argument here is an error. */ 
+      /* An empty argument list is ok, just ignore it.  */
+      if (!arg)
+	return node;
+
+      /* Not having a list of arguments here is an error. */ 
       if (TREE_CODE (arg) != TREE_LIST)
         abort ();
 
diff --git a/gcc/java/parse.y b/gcc/java/parse.y
index b6cedbfc37b37721d41f3e587e7d51907566fd1f..2287d9075d22c6dea7161f2389ff7952b1edcaa5 100644
--- a/gcc/java/parse.y
+++ b/gcc/java/parse.y
@@ -9607,6 +9607,9 @@ resolve_qualified_expression_name (tree wfl, tree *found_decl,
 	     forcoming function's argument. */
 	  if (previous_call_static && is_static)
 	    {
+	      /* We must set CAN_COMPLETE_NORMALLY for the first call
+		 since it is done nowhere else.  */
+	      CAN_COMPLETE_NORMALLY (decl) = 1;
 	      decl = build2 (COMPOUND_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (*where_found),
 			     decl, *where_found);
 	      TREE_SIDE_EFFECTS (decl) = 1;