diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index b6fe3cd28427..847b80e22b74 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-02-17  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/55907
+	* resolve.c (build_default_init_expr): Don't initialize character
+	variable if -fno-automatic is given.
+
 2014-02-15  Mikael Morin  <mikael@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	PR fortran/59599
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
index 69ec7bf4c18f..b756fe28ec2b 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/resolve.c
@@ -10530,7 +10530,7 @@ build_default_init_expr (gfc_symbol *sym)
 	  init_expr = NULL;
 	}
       if (!init_expr && gfc_option.flag_init_character == GFC_INIT_CHARACTER_ON
-	  && sym->ts.u.cl->length)
+	  && sym->ts.u.cl->length && gfc_option.flag_max_stack_var_size != 0)
 	{
 	  gfc_actual_arglist *arg;
 	  init_expr = gfc_get_expr ();
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index a4d887707471..e94bd89874a6 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-02-17  Janus Weil  <janus@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	PR fortran/55907
+	* gfortran.dg/init_flag_12.f90: New.
+
 2014-02-17  Kirill Yukhin  <kirill.yukhin@intel.com>
 	    Ilya Tocar  <ilya.tocar@intel.com>
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/init_flag_12.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/init_flag_12.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5844398d5342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/init_flag_12.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+! { dg-options "-fno-automatic -finit-local-zero" }
+!
+! PR 55907: [4.7/4.8/4.9 Regression] ICE with -fno-automatic -finit-local-zero
+!
+! Contributed by J.R. Garcia <garcia.espinosa.jr@gmail.com>
+
+subroutine cchaine (i)
+  implicit none
+  integer :: i
+  character(len=i) :: chaine
+  write(*,*) chaine
+end subroutine