diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 4e53bc01579..d6e879f452f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-02-18  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR gdb/15102:
+	* dwarf2read.c (read_subrange_type): Use result of
+	'check_typedef'.
+
 2013-02-16  Yuanhui Zhang  <asmwarrior@gmail.com>
 
 	* frame.c: Remove one extra white space after #include
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index d26e7c8f6f8..df6298b5f33 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -12736,7 +12736,7 @@ read_base_type (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 static struct type *
 read_subrange_type (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
 {
-  struct type *base_type;
+  struct type *base_type, *orig_base_type;
   struct type *range_type;
   struct attribute *attr;
   LONGEST low, high;
@@ -12744,9 +12744,12 @@ read_subrange_type (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
   const char *name;
   LONGEST negative_mask;
 
-  base_type = die_type (die, cu);
-  /* Preserve BASE_TYPE's original type, just set its LENGTH.  */
-  check_typedef (base_type);
+  orig_base_type = die_type (die, cu);
+  /* If ORIG_BASE_TYPE is a typedef, it will not be TYPE_UNSIGNED,
+     whereas the real type might be.  So, we use ORIG_BASE_TYPE when
+     creating the range type, but we use the result of check_typedef
+     when examining properties of the type.  */
+  base_type = check_typedef (orig_base_type);
 
   /* The die_type call above may have already set the type for this DIE.  */
   range_type = get_die_type (die, cu);
@@ -12876,7 +12879,7 @@ read_subrange_type (struct die_info *die, struct dwarf2_cu *cu)
   if (!TYPE_UNSIGNED (base_type) && (high & negative_mask))
     high |= negative_mask;
 
-  range_type = create_range_type (NULL, base_type, low, high);
+  range_type = create_range_type (NULL, orig_base_type, low, high);
 
   /* Mark arrays with dynamic length at least as an array of unspecified
      length.  GDB could check the boundary but before it gets implemented at
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 77573b0d548..60c6bf8c484 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-02-18  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.dwarf2/subrange.exp: New file.
+
 2013-02-15  Pedro Alves  <pedro@codesourcery.com>
 	    Hafiz Abid Qadeer  <abidh@codesourcery.com>
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/subrange.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/subrange.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..51db92e0dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.dwarf2/subrange.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+load_lib dwarf.exp
+
+# This test can only be run on targets which support DWARF-2 and use gas.
+if {![dwarf2_support]} {
+    return 0  
+}
+
+if { [skip_cplus_tests] } { continue }
+
+standard_testfile method-ptr.cc subrange-dw.S
+
+# Make some DWARF for the test.
+set asm_file [standard_output_file $srcfile2]
+Dwarf::assemble $asm_file {
+    cu 0 2 8 {
+ 	compile_unit {{language @DW_LANG_Pascal83}} {
+	    declare_labels byte_label typedef_label array_label
+
+	    byte_label: base_type {
+		{name byte}
+		{encoding @DW_ATE_unsigned}
+		{byte_size 1 DW_FORM_sdata}
+	    }
+
+	    typedef_label: typedef {
+		{name byte_typedef}
+		{type :$byte_label}
+	    }
+
+	    array_label: array_type {
+		{type :$byte_label}
+	    } {
+		subrange_type {
+		    {lower_bound 0 DW_FORM_sdata}
+		    {upper_bound 191 DW_FORM_sdata}
+		    {byte_stride 2 DW_FORM_sdata}
+		    {type :$typedef_label}
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    typedef {
+		{name TByteArray}
+		{type :$array_label}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+if  {[gdb_compile ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile} ${binfile}1.o \
+	  object {nodebug}] != ""} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+if  {[gdb_compile $asm_file ${binfile}2.o object {nodebug}] != ""} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+if  {[gdb_compile [list ${binfile}1.o ${binfile}2.o] \
+	  "${binfile}" executable {c++}] != ""} {
+    return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart ${testfile}
+
+gdb_test_no_output "set language pascal"
+
+gdb_test "ptype TByteArray" \
+    "type = array \\\[0\\.\\.191\\\] of byte"