diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index b2cca5c35b97..e5e82e6c36eb 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2006-07-12  Mike Stump  <mrs@apple.com>
 
+	PR c/28280
+	* c-parser.c (c_parser_typeof_specifier): Don't use
+	c_finish_expr_stmt, open code desired semantics instead.
+
 	* protoize.c (edit_fn_definition): Add volatile to clean_text_p.
 
 2006-07-10  Eric Christopher  <echristo@apple.com>
diff --git a/gcc/c-parser.c b/gcc/c-parser.c
index 32d2c5108bfa..d59128480c86 100644
--- a/gcc/c-parser.c
+++ b/gcc/c-parser.c
@@ -2164,7 +2164,19 @@ c_parser_typeof_specifier (c_parser *parser)
 	 is evaluated, this can be evaluated.  For now, we avoid
 	 evaluation when the context might.  */
       if (!skip_evaluation && was_vm)
-	c_finish_expr_stmt (expr.value);
+	{
+	  tree e = expr.value;
+
+	  /* If the expression is not of a type to which we cannot assign a line
+	     number, wrap the thing in a no-op NOP_EXPR.  */
+	  if (DECL_P (e) || CONSTANT_CLASS_P (e))
+	    e = build1 (NOP_EXPR, void_type_node, e);
+
+	  if (EXPR_P (e))
+	    SET_EXPR_LOCATION (e, input_location);
+
+	  add_stmt (e);
+	}
       pop_maybe_used (was_vm);
     }
   c_parser_skip_until_found (parser, CPP_CLOSE_PAREN, "expected %<)%>");
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vla-9.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vla-9.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b623b39da78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vla-9.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* { dg-do compile  } */
+/* { dg-options "-std=c99 -pedantic-errors -W -Wall" } */
+/* PR c/28280 */
+
+void f(__SIZE_TYPE__ d)
+{
+  typedef int t[d];
+  t *g = (__typeof (g)) d;
+}