diff --git a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc
index 67abca9f6ba80fa1f2d24d8f5045de7492c1047e..a0593b76f18f70d8aa8e9b05115572d1446c1578 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc
+++ b/gcc/fortran/trans-expr.cc
@@ -7269,8 +7269,10 @@ gfc_conv_procedure_call (gfc_se * se, gfc_symbol * sym,
 	 with an interface indicating an optional argument.  When we call
 	 an intrinsic subroutine, however, fsym is NULL, but we might still
 	 have an optional argument, so we proceed to the substitution
-	 just in case.  */
-      if (e && (fsym == NULL || fsym->attr.optional))
+	 just in case.  Arguments passed to bind(c) procedures via CFI
+	 descriptors are handled elsewhere.  */
+      if (e && (fsym == NULL || fsym->attr.optional)
+	  && !(sym->attr.is_bind_c && is_CFI_desc (fsym, NULL)))
 	{
 	  /* If an optional argument is itself an optional dummy argument,
 	     check its presence and substitute a null if absent.  This is
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/bind_c_optional-2.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/bind_c_optional-2.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ceedef7f00641759a18dcb6752988a7b2e1c9460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/bind_c_optional-2.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! PR fortran/113866
+!
+! Check interoperability of assumed-length character (optional and
+! non-optional) dummies between bind(c) and non-bind(c) procedures
+
+module bindcchar
+  implicit none
+  integer, parameter :: n = 100, l = 10
+contains
+  subroutine bindc_optional (c2, c4) bind(c)
+    character(*), optional :: c2, c4(n)
+!   print *, c2(1:3)
+!   print *, c4(5)(1:3) 
+    if (.not. present (c2) .or. .not. present (c4)) stop 8
+    if (len (c2) /= l .or. len (c4) /= l) stop 81
+    if (c2(1:3)    /= "a23") stop 1
+    if (c4(5)(1:3) /= "bcd") stop 2
+  end
+
+  subroutine bindc (c2, c4) bind(c)
+    character(*) :: c2, c4(n)
+    if (len (c2) /= l .or. len (c4) /= l) stop 82
+    if (c2(1:3)    /= "a23") stop 3
+    if (c4(5)(1:3) /= "bcd") stop 4
+    call bindc_optional (c2, c4)
+  end
+
+  subroutine not_bindc_optional (c1, c3)
+    character(*), optional :: c1, c3(n)
+    if (.not. present (c1) .or. .not. present (c3)) stop 5
+    if (len (c1) /= l .or. len (c3) /= l) stop 83
+    call bindc_optional (c1, c3)
+    call bindc          (c1, c3)
+  end
+
+  subroutine not_bindc_optional_deferred (c5, c6)
+    character(:), allocatable, optional :: c5, c6(:)
+    if (.not. present (c5) .or. .not. present (c6)) stop 6
+    if (len (c5) /= l .or. len (c6) /= l) stop 84
+    call not_bindc_optional (c5, c6)
+    call bindc_optional     (c5, c6)
+    call bindc              (c5, c6)
+  end
+
+  subroutine not_bindc_optional2 (c7, c8)
+    character(*), optional :: c7, c8(:)
+    if (.not. present (c7) .or. .not. present (c8)) stop 7
+    if (len (c7) /= l .or. len (c8) /= l) stop 85
+    call bindc_optional (c7, c8)
+    call bindc          (c7, c8)
+  end
+
+  subroutine bindc_optional2 (c2, c4) bind(c)
+    character(*), optional :: c2, c4(n)
+    if (.not. present (c2) .or. .not. present (c4)) stop 8
+    if (len (c2) /= l .or. len (c4) /= l) stop 86
+    if (c2(1:3)    /= "a23") stop 9
+    if (c4(5)(1:3) /= "bcd") stop 10
+    call bindc_optional     (c2, c4)
+    call not_bindc_optional (c2, c4)
+  end
+
+  subroutine bindc_optional_missing (c1, c2, c3, c4, c5) bind(c)
+    character(*), optional :: c1, c2(n), c3(:), c4(..), c5(*)
+    if (present (c1)) stop 11
+    if (present (c2)) stop 12
+    if (present (c3)) stop 13
+    if (present (c4)) stop 14
+    if (present (c5)) stop 15
+  end
+
+  subroutine non_bindc_optional_missing (c1, c2, c3, c4, c5)
+    character(*), optional :: c1, c2(n), c3(:), c4(..), c5(*)
+    if (present (c1)) stop 21
+    if (present (c2)) stop 22
+    if (present (c3)) stop 23
+    if (present (c4)) stop 24
+    if (present (c5)) stop 25
+  end
+end module
+
+program p
+  use bindcchar
+  implicit none
+  character(l) :: a, b(n)
+  character(:), allocatable :: d, e(:)
+  a = 'a234567890'
+  b = 'bcdefghijk'
+  call not_bindc_optional (a, b)
+  call bindc_optional (a, b)
+  call not_bindc_optional2 (a, b)
+  call bindc_optional2 (a, b)
+  allocate (d, source=a)
+  allocate (e, source=b)
+  call not_bindc_optional (d, e)
+  call bindc_optional (d, e)
+  call not_bindc_optional2 (d, e)
+  call bindc_optional2 (d, e)
+  ! following test disabled due to pr113911
+! call not_bindc_optional_deferred (d, e)
+  deallocate (d, e)
+  call non_bindc_optional_missing ()
+  call bindc_optional_missing ()
+end