diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 23318129eee5..5da11fb667f7 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Apr  4 18:43:58 1998  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
+
+	* tree.c (avoid_overlap): Return a value.
+
 Sat Apr  4 12:52:35 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* method.c (check_btype): Add missing argument to xrealloc.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/tree.c b/gcc/cp/tree.c
index b314185605bf..8d694c201dcf 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/tree.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/tree.c
@@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ avoid_overlap (decl, newdecl)
     ;
 
   DECL_SIZE (field) = integer_one_node;
+
+  return 1;
 }
 
 /* Returns a list of fields to stand in for the base class subobjects