diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index b8fdb3b101f44bc869718e531d3cd8a6d9e935d3..a6622a05e6a3712745042f1dfb9fa9c0015d4cb2 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-01-05  Thomas Koenig  <tkoenig@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/38672
+	* trans-types.c (gfc_get_derived_type):  Check for the
+	presence of derived->ns->proc_name before
+	accessing derived->ns->proc_name->attr.flavor .
+	* resolve.c (resolve_symbol):  Likewise.
+
 2009-01-05  Paul Thomas  <pault@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/38665
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
index 74f8fb05114fe09c25b6a1c1770f5f4b86a6c060..0cdf40eda9f2e01b6ff1e2fbce12f9bdc1dfce44 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
@@ -9247,6 +9247,7 @@ resolve_symbol (gfc_symbol *sym)
      module function and is not PRIVATE.  */
   if (sym->ts.type == BT_DERIVED
 	&& sym->ts.derived->attr.use_assoc
+	&& sym->ns->proc_name
 	&& sym->ns->proc_name->attr.flavor == FL_MODULE)
     {
       gfc_symbol *ds;
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
index e1ff5aadde59404a4af6c07c11a67d246ecb405a..da0c869ca93533048a425b5710644dd295340fb0 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-types.c
@@ -1930,7 +1930,8 @@ gfc_get_derived_type (gfc_symbol * derived)
 
   gfc_finish_type (typenode);
   gfc_set_decl_location (TYPE_STUB_DECL (typenode), &derived->declared_at);
-  if (derived->module && derived->ns->proc_name->attr.flavor == FL_MODULE)
+  if (derived->module && derived->ns->proc_name
+      && derived->ns->proc_name->attr.flavor == FL_MODULE)
     {
       if (derived->ns->proc_name->backend_decl
 	  && TREE_CODE (derived->ns->proc_name->backend_decl)
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 5beedeb4034028d36690e16f99395a44d9636bd1..d70fac70a5517805d6b27514827197b8cf712ec5 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-01-05  Thomas Koenig  <tkoenig@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/38672
+	* gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_1.f90:  New test.
+	* gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_2.f90:  New test.
+
 2009-01-05  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	* gcc.dg/compat/struct-layout-1_generate.c (dg-options): Add -mieee
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_1.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_1.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7f24fecb0e00a9a1dcddc48dfc03ab739dda17c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_1.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+! PR 38672 - this used to ICE.
+MODULE globals
+  TYPE :: type1
+     integer :: x
+  END TYPE type1
+  TYPE (type1) :: pdm_bps
+END module globals
+BLOCK DATA
+   use globals
+END BLOCK DATA
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_2.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_2.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3cb4abaedd23b4eafb99cfc446db5be453c6ecf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/host_assoc_blockdata_2.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+MODULE globals
+  TYPE :: type1
+     sequence
+     integer :: x
+  END TYPE type1
+  TYPE (type1) :: pdm_bps
+  common /co/ pdm_bps
+END module globals
+BLOCK DATA
+   use globals
+END BLOCK DATA
+
+program main
+  use globals
+  common /co/ pdm_bps ! { dg-error "already in a COMMON block" }
+end program main