diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index ea2215066103..d2757133c645 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-11-10  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	* gcse.c (free_ldst_entry): Only free hashtable if
+	it exists.
+
 2005-11-09  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
 
 	* function.c (assign_stack_local_1): Issue an error message if
diff --git a/gcc/gcse.c b/gcc/gcse.c
index 2ac9ca24c525..8b210f25677f 100644
--- a/gcc/gcse.c
+++ b/gcc/gcse.c
@@ -5088,7 +5088,8 @@ free_ldst_entry (struct ls_expr * ptr)
 static void
 free_ldst_mems (void)
 {
-  htab_delete (pre_ldst_table);
+  if (pre_ldst_table)
+    htab_delete (pre_ldst_table);
   pre_ldst_table = NULL;
 
   while (pre_ldst_mems)