diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index eaa47a08910..4f323851a17 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-05-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* linespec.c (find_linespec_symbols): Don't reassign to 'cleanup'.
+
 2013-05-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* cli/cli-script.c (setup_user_args): Don't return after error.
diff --git a/gdb/linespec.c b/gdb/linespec.c
index 989c8d270fa..61e5377bc24 100644
--- a/gdb/linespec.c
+++ b/gdb/linespec.c
@@ -3097,7 +3097,7 @@ find_linespec_symbols (struct linespec_state *state,
   if (canon != NULL)
     {
       lookup_name = canon;
-      cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, canon);
+      make_cleanup (xfree, canon);
     }
 
   /* It's important to not call expand_symtabs_matching unnecessarily