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diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index 6988594..0724804 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -8576,8 +8576,19 @@ ada_evaluate_subexp (struct type *expect_type, struct expression *exp,
a fixed type would result in the loss of that type name,
thus preventing us from printing the name of the ancestor
type in the type description. */
+ struct type *actual_type;
+
arg1 = evaluate_subexp (NULL_TYPE, exp, pos, EVAL_NORMAL);
- return value_zero (type_from_tag (ada_value_tag (arg1)), not_lval);
+ actual_type = type_from_tag (ada_value_tag (arg1));
+ if (actual_type == NULL)
+ /* If, for some reason, we were unable to determine
+ the actual type from the tag, then use the static
+ approximation that we just computed as a fallback.
+ This can happen if the debugging information is
+ incomplete, for instance. */
+ actual_type = type;
+
+ return value_zero (actual_type, not_lval);
}
*pos += 4;