diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ec35909c4e..a65232186d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-10  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* infcall.c (call_function_by_hand): Check for function pointer
+	types.
+
 2006-09-10  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* m68k-tdep.c (m68k_analyze_register_saves): Fix decoding of
diff --git a/gdb/infcall.c b/gdb/infcall.c
index 3a1ad6aba7..9f12896102 100644
--- a/gdb/infcall.c
+++ b/gdb/infcall.c
@@ -336,6 +336,9 @@ call_function_by_hand (struct value *function, int nargs, struct value **args)
   struct cleanup *caller_regcache_cleanup;
   struct frame_id dummy_id;
 
+  if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
+    ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
+
   if (!target_has_execution)
     noprocess ();