diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 62abbaca43f..e7998b9aa6f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-12-02  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	PR remote/15974
+	* remote-notif.c (handle_notification): Return early if no
+	notification is found.
+
 2013-12-02  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* common/filestuff.c (fdwalk): Add "defined(RLIMIT_NOFILE)"
diff --git a/gdb/remote-notif.c b/gdb/remote-notif.c
index 0d5927912b1..163979d2111 100644
--- a/gdb/remote-notif.c
+++ b/gdb/remote-notif.c
@@ -127,22 +127,25 @@ remote_async_get_pending_events_handler (gdb_client_data data)
 void
 handle_notification (struct remote_notif_state *state, char *buf)
 {
-  struct notif_client *nc = NULL;
-  int i;
+  struct notif_client *nc;
+  size_t i;
 
   for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (notifs); i++)
     {
-      nc = notifs[i];
-      if (strncmp (buf, nc->name, strlen (nc->name)) == 0
-	  && buf[strlen (nc->name)] == ':')
+      const char *name = notifs[i]->name;
+
+      if (strncmp (buf, name, strlen (name)) == 0
+	  && buf[strlen (name)] == ':')
 	break;
     }
 
   /* We ignore notifications we don't recognize, for compatibility
      with newer stubs.  */
-  if (nc == NULL)
+  if (i == ARRAY_SIZE (notifs))
     return;
 
+  nc =  notifs[i];
+
   if (state->pending_event[nc->id] != NULL)
     {
       /* We've already parsed the in-flight reply, but the stub for some