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diff --git a/string/strcoll.c b/string/strcoll.c
index f22bd10..0f3bd20 100644
--- a/string/strcoll.c
+++ b/string/strcoll.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2000,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1995.
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ STRCOLL (s1, s2, l)
s1len = STRLEN (s1);
s2len = STRLEN (s2);
+ /* Catch empty strings. */
+ if (__builtin_expect (s1len == 0, 0) || __builtin_expect (s2len == 0, 0))
+ return (s1len != 0) - (s2len != 0);
+
/* We need the elements of the strings as unsigned values since they
are used as indeces. */
us1 = (const USTRING_TYPE *) s1;