diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 7732611a38..c3081fb010 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jul 14 13:17:39 1994  Kung Hsu  (kung@x1.cygnus.com)
+
+	* stabsread.c (read_huge_number): handle large unsigned number
+	for stabs generated by os9k C compiler.
+
 Wed Jul 13 18:58:15 1994  Stan Shebs  (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
 
 	Breakpoint hit counts, from Bob Rusk (rrusk@mail.csd.harris.com).
diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index cc0a7fea41..144554063a 100644
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -3265,7 +3265,11 @@ read_huge_number (pp, end, bits)
       p++;
     }
 
-  upper_limit = LONG_MAX / radix;
+  if (os9k_stabs)
+    upper_limit = ULONG_MAX / radix;
+  else
+    upper_limit = LONG_MAX / radix;
+
   while ((c = *p++) >= '0' && c < ('0' + radix))
     {
       if (n <= upper_limit)