diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 5a5d84a7f15b9278a323c684708a6503c701ef69..2db19aafe496369fdd123969cf4e9a8b25d67a2c 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-02  Bud Davis  <bdavis9659@comcast.net>
+
+	* gfortran.dg/inquire.f90: New test.
+
 2004-12-01  Janis Johnson  <janis187@us.ibm.com>
 
 	* lib/gcc-dg.exp (dg-process-target): Wrapper for dg function to
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/inquire.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/inquire.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f3b72532af9c4e74189b2b444d79f040d2aca66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/inquire.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+! { dg-do run }
+! check to see that you cannot open a direct access file
+! for sequential i/o.
+! derived from NIST test fm910.for
+        IMPLICIT NONE
+        CHARACTER*10 D4VK
+        OPEN(UNIT=7, ACCESS='DIRECT',RECL=132,STATUS='SCRATCH')
+        INQUIRE(UNIT=7,SEQUENTIAL=D4VK)
+        CLOSE(UNIT=7,STATUS='DELETE')
+        IF (D4VK.NE.'NO') CALL ABORT
+        END
diff --git a/libgfortran/ChangeLog b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
index 179ed9bf991fee1a7589bfc2793000258b4c0a79..e90c0faa47e8e9cba0ca67a60465edf69f79bbf2 100644
--- a/libgfortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgfortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-12-02  Bud Davis  <bdavis9659@comcast.net>
+
+	* io/inquire.c (inquire_via_unit): do not allow a direct access
+	file to be opened for sequential I/O.
+
 2004-12-02  Steven G. Kargl  <kargls@comcast.net>
 	Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>
 
diff --git a/libgfortran/io/inquire.c b/libgfortran/io/inquire.c
index 36957dde58f37ae21e1486e938a5e9defdf17785..a93f99dc1704c4f179491aea57dace73580b3149 100644
--- a/libgfortran/io/inquire.c
+++ b/libgfortran/io/inquire.c
@@ -73,8 +73,13 @@ inquire_via_unit (gfc_unit * u)
 
   if (ioparm.sequential != NULL)
     {
-      p = (u == NULL) ? inquire_sequential (NULL, 0) :
-	inquire_sequential (u->file, u->file_len);
+      /* disallow an open direct access file to be accessed
+         sequentially */
+      if (u->flags.access==ACCESS_DIRECT)
+        p = "NO";
+      else   
+        p = (u == NULL) ? inquire_sequential (NULL, 0) :
+        inquire_sequential (u->file, u->file_len);
 
       cf_strcpy (ioparm.sequential, ioparm.sequential_len, p);
     }