diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 3fba6273d48f591e391324b2caa1e0e81d49b9bc..2bc5a854100f4060f17b483f66e33ff509db27d1 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2004-08-11  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
+	PR c++/16698
+	* except.c (build_throw): Allocate cleanup_type and the function
+	for __cxa_throw separately.
+
 	PR c++/16853
 	* call.c (standard_conversion): Do not accept conversions between
 	pointers to members if the class types are unrelated.
diff --git a/gcc/cp/except.c b/gcc/cp/except.c
index 91f9c87849d5946e31db688a58d54a37b6f0d8d8..b78cecd5d869bb854455a8384bb629226275183a 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/except.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/except.c
@@ -611,18 +611,18 @@ build_throw (tree exp)
       tree temp_expr, allocate_expr;
       bool elided;
 
+      /* The CLEANUP_TYPE is the internal type of a destructor.  */
+      if (!cleanup_type)
+	{
+	  tmp = void_list_node;
+	  tmp = tree_cons (NULL_TREE, ptr_type_node, tmp);
+	  tmp = build_function_type (void_type_node, tmp);
+	  cleanup_type = build_pointer_type (tmp);
+	}
+      
       fn = get_identifier ("__cxa_throw");
       if (!get_global_value_if_present (fn, &fn))
 	{
-	  /* The CLEANUP_TYPE is the internal type of a destructor.  */
-	  if (cleanup_type == NULL_TREE)
-	    {
-	      tmp = void_list_node;
-	      tmp = tree_cons (NULL_TREE, ptr_type_node, tmp);
-	      tmp = build_function_type (void_type_node, tmp);
-	      cleanup_type = build_pointer_type (tmp);
-	    }
-
 	  /* Declare void __cxa_throw (void*, void*, void (*)(void*)).  */
 	  /* ??? Second argument is supposed to be "std::type_info*".  */
 	  tmp = void_list_node;
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ build_throw (tree exp)
 	  tmp = build_function_type (void_type_node, tmp);
 	  fn = push_throw_library_fn (fn, tmp);
 	}
-
+      
       /* throw expression */
       /* First, decay it.  */
       exp = decay_conversion (exp);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index dd98c39fc03917702deb3196f9a8d75c0933058a..93a6e56c99a39c22fe560f547a4672e2cfd21971 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2004-08-11  Mark Mitchell  <mark@codesourcery.com>
 
+	PR c++/16698
+	* g++.dg/eh/crash1.C: New test.
+
 	PR c++/16717
 	* g++.dg/ext/construct1.C: New test.
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/eh/crash1.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/eh/crash1.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4cbcbd3ec1c5a52197b0725d8244dafad0370e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/eh/crash1.C
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+extern "C" void __cxa_throw (void *, void *,  void (*) (void *) ); 
+ 
+void foo(){ 
+  throw 1; 
+}