--- ./gdb/gdbtypes.c	2009-08-27 10:33:50.000000000 +0200
+++ ./gdb/gdbtypes.c	2009-08-27 10:32:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -3127,12 +3127,14 @@ copy_type_recursive_1 (struct objfile *o
   struct type *new_type;
 
   if (TYPE_OBJFILE (type) == OBJFILE_INTERNAL
-      || (objfile == OBJFILE_MALLOC && !TYPE_DYNAMIC (type)))
+      || (TYPE_OBJFILE (type) == OBJFILE_MALLOC && !TYPE_DYNAMIC (type)))
     return type;
 
+#if 0 /* Backward compatibility only.  */
   /* This type shouldn't be pointing to any types in other objfiles;
      if it did, the type might disappear unexpectedly.  */
   gdb_assert (TYPE_OBJFILE (type) == objfile);
+#endif
 
   pair.old = type;
   slot = htab_find_slot (copied_types, &pair, INSERT);