diff --git a/gcc/java/ChangeLog b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
index 4d332410ca3..62f03cdd85b 100644
--- a/gcc/java/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/java/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-15  Anthony Green  <green@redhat.com>
+
+	* decl.c (init_decl_processing): Call init_class_processing before
+	anything else.
+
 2000-10-13  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* Make-lang.in (parse.c, parse-scan.c): Create atomically.
diff --git a/gcc/java/decl.c b/gcc/java/decl.c
index 7d5c165f5e2..5ae29856026 100644
--- a/gcc/java/decl.c
+++ b/gcc/java/decl.c
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ init_decl_processing ()
   tree field = NULL_TREE;
   tree t;
 
+  init_class_processing ();
+
   current_function_decl = NULL;
   current_binding_level = NULL_BINDING_LEVEL;
   free_binding_level = NULL_BINDING_LEVEL;
@@ -903,7 +905,6 @@ init_decl_processing ()
 			build_function_type (long_type_node, t),
 			0, NOT_BUILT_IN, NULL_PTR);
 
-  init_class_processing ();
   init_jcf_parse ();
 
   /* Register nodes with the garbage collector.  */