diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index aff78de24366..73132177677d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-09-02  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+            Leland Wang  <llwang@infor.org>
+	
+	PR libstdc++/17259
+	* include/ext/ropeimpl.h (rope::_S_compare): Use
+	_Rope_constants::_S_leaf.
+
 2004-09-02  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
 
 	PR libstdc++/16848
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
index 7463196c0e93..51877699cb53 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ namespace __gnu_cxx
       if (_Rope_constants::_S_leaf == __left->_M_tag)
 	{
 	  _RopeLeaf* __l = (_RopeLeaf*) __left;
-	  if (_RopeRep::_S_leaf == __right->_M_tag)
+	  if (_Rope_constants::_S_leaf == __right->_M_tag)
 	    {
 	      _RopeLeaf* __r = (_RopeLeaf*) __right;
 	      return lexicographical_compare_3way(__l->_M_data,