diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index e1a13f908473..a7de14923f23 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Sun Mar 28 00:44:27 1999  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
+	* sdbout.c (sdbout_symbol): Do not call build_pointer_type, build
+	one on the fly and do not cache the result.
+
 	* gcc.cps, cpp.cps: Delete unwanted files.
 
 Sat Mar 27 23:37:40 EST 1999  John Wehle  (john@feith.com)
diff --git a/gcc/sdbout.c b/gcc/sdbout.c
index 470cca66dd7f..1f13899cfe8c 100644
--- a/gcc/sdbout.c
+++ b/gcc/sdbout.c
@@ -929,7 +929,12 @@ sdbout_symbol (decl, local)
 	      PUT_SDB_SCL (C_AUTO);
 	    }
 
-	  type = build_pointer_type (TREE_TYPE (decl));
+	  /* Effectively do build_pointer_type, but don't cache this type,
+	     since it might be temporary whereas the type it points to
+	     might have been saved for inlining.  */
+	  /* Don't use REFERENCE_TYPE because dbx can't handle that.  */
+	  type = make_node (POINTER_TYPE);
+	  TREE_TYPE (type) = TREE_TYPE (decl);
 	}
       else if (GET_CODE (value) == MEM
 	       && ((GET_CODE (XEXP (value, 0)) == PLUS