diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index e8efb647c4b7..846bdfb17382 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-08-02  Jerry DeLisle  <jvdelisle@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR libfortran/40853
+	* io/list_read.c (nml_get_obj_data): Do not set nl
+	pointer to first_nl if nl->next is NULL.
+
 2009-07-31  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Don't set SECTION_FLAGS with @SECTION_FLAGS@.
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
index c39a51d34e23..bcc00e17c26f 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/list_read.c
@@ -2773,7 +2773,7 @@ get_name:
 
   if (nl->type == GFC_DTYPE_DERIVED)
     nml_touch_nodes (nl);
-  if (component_flag && nl->var_rank > 0)
+  if (component_flag && nl->var_rank > 0 && nl->next)
     nl = first_nl;
 
   /* Make sure no extraneous qualifiers are there.  */