diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 88a4b9bf245..fff55be8f9e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 Tue Oct 12 08:59:15 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+	* stabsread.c (read_type): Treat a negative type number at the start
+	of a type as a type reference, not as a definition of a type with
+	"50=" omitted.  This makes things work on the RS/6000 again (the
+	14 Sep 1993 change broke it).
+
 	* inflow.c: Use 0 (standard input) not scb->fd.
 	(terminal_ours_1): If printing warning, don't claim it happened in
 	terminal_inferior.
diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index 667f5192904..f7b817eff23 100644
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,8 @@ read_type (pp, objfile)
      for instance in a two-dimensional array declared with type
      "ar1;1;10;ar1;1;10;4".  */
   if ((**pp >= '0' && **pp <= '9')
-      || **pp == '(')
+      || **pp == '('
+      || **pp == '-')
     {
       if (read_type_number (pp, typenums) != 0)
 	return error_type (pp);