diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 2ce7bb77e0b6..0db250d12615 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-04-19  Nicola Pero  <nicola.pero@meta-innovation.com>
+
+	* gengtype-state.c (string_eq): New.
+	(read_state): Use string_eq instead of strcmp when creating the
+	state_ident_tab.
+
 2011-04-19  Wei Guozhi  <carrot@google.com>
 
 	PR target/47855
diff --git a/gcc/gengtype-state.c b/gcc/gengtype-state.c
index 07c880258a69..fbfb35a54b26 100644
--- a/gcc/gengtype-state.c
+++ b/gcc/gengtype-state.c
@@ -2385,6 +2385,15 @@ equals_type_number (const void *ty1, const void *ty2)
   return type1->state_number == type2->state_number;
 }
 
+static int
+string_eq (const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  const char *a0 = (const char *)a;
+  const char *b0 = (const char *)b;
+
+  return (strcmp (a0, b0) == 0);
+}
+
 
 /* The function reading the state, called by main from gengtype.c.  */
 void
@@ -2408,7 +2417,7 @@ read_state (const char *path)
   state_seen_types =
     htab_create (2017, hash_type_number, equals_type_number, NULL);
   state_ident_tab =
-    htab_create (4027, htab_hash_string, (htab_eq) strcmp, NULL);
+    htab_create (4027, htab_hash_string, string_eq, NULL);
   read_state_version (version_string);
   read_state_srcdir ();
   read_state_languages ();