2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 200879c..8322ccf 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-05-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 23153
+	* as.c (main): When checking for an output file that is also an
+	input file, also check that the inode is not zero.
+
 2018-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/tc-score.c (s3_do_macro_bcmp): Don't use fixed size
diff --git a/gas/as.c b/gas/as.c
index cdf8cfe..02c7d29 100644
--- a/gas/as.c
+++ b/gas/as.c
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ main (int argc, char ** argv)
 
 	  if (stat (argv[i], &sib) == 0)
 	    {
-	      if (sib.st_ino == sob.st_ino)
+	      if (sib.st_ino == sob.st_ino && sib.st_ino != 0)
 		{
 		  /* Don't let as_fatal remove the output file!  */
 		  out_file_name = NULL;