diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1c7b03cef2a..45bbb122ecc 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-04  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard): Assert that there is at
+	least one array dimension.
+
 2008-11-03  Vladimir Prus  <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
 
 	Make attach_command exception-safe
diff --git a/gdb/eval.c b/gdb/eval.c
index 4394aa19bd4..ccb6b742b61 100644
--- a/gdb/eval.c
+++ b/gdb/eval.c
@@ -1976,6 +1976,8 @@ evaluate_subexp_standard (struct type *expect_type,
 	if (nargs != ndimensions)
 	  error (_("Wrong number of subscripts"));
 
+	gdb_assert (nargs > 0);
+
 	/* Now that we know we have a legal array subscript expression 
 	   let us actually find out where this element exists in the array. */