diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 07b0bca6d32..030417dd8be 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-11  Steven Bosscher  <stevenb@suse.de>
+
+	* toplev.c (rest_of_handle_inline): Also consider functions
+	for deferral if the language is GNU F77.
+
 2004-01-11  Zack Weinberg  <zack@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* c-decl.c (diagnose_arglist_conflict): Add missing space to
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g77.f-torture/execute/980520-1.x b/gcc/testsuite/g77.f-torture/execute/980520-1.x
deleted file mode 100644
index 595de5e1911..00000000000
--- a/gcc/testsuite/g77.f-torture/execute/980520-1.x
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-set torture_eval_before_compile {
-
-    set compiler_conditional_xfail_data {
-	"PR fortran/9972" \
-	{ "*-*-*" } \
-	{ "-O0" } \
-	{ "" }
-	}
-}
-
-return 0
diff --git a/gcc/toplev.c b/gcc/toplev.c
index 478193951e3..3ac7d737393 100644
--- a/gcc/toplev.c
+++ b/gcc/toplev.c
@@ -2678,7 +2678,13 @@ rest_of_handle_inlining (tree decl)
 
   if (inlinable
       || (DECL_INLINE (decl)
-	  && flag_inline_functions
+	  /* Egad.  This RTL deferral test conflicts with Fortran assumptions
+	     for unreferenced symbols.  See g77.f-torture/execute/980520-1.f.
+	     But removing this line from the check breaks all languages that
+	     use the call graph to output symbols.  This hard-coded check is
+	     the least invasive work-around.  */
+	  && (flag_inline_functions
+	      || strcmp (lang_hooks.name, "GNU F77") == 0)
 	  && ((! TREE_PUBLIC (decl) && ! TREE_ADDRESSABLE (decl)
 	       && ! TREE_SYMBOL_REFERENCED (DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (decl))
 	       && ! flag_keep_inline_functions)