diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index eff653989307..9b969403f58d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-09-12  Benjamin Kosnik  <bkoz@redhat.com>
+
+	PR libstdc++/23417
+	* include/bits/stl_list.h (_List_impl): Use member initialization
+	list for -Weffc++.
+
 2005-09-12  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	PR libstdc++/23767
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_list.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_list.h
index 6aa67fe55fd8..3d954e980940 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_list.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/stl_list.h
@@ -303,8 +303,9 @@ namespace _GLIBCXX_STD
       : public _Node_alloc_type
       {
 	_List_node_base _M_node;
+
 	_List_impl(const _Node_alloc_type& __a)
-	: _Node_alloc_type(__a)
+	: _Node_alloc_type(__a), _M_node()
 	{ }
       };