2 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 266ff2f58a6..efc238cc078 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
         * sysdep.c (system_process_attributes): Rename vars to avoid shadowing.
         Fix pointer signedness issue.
+        (sys_subshell): Mark local as volatile if checking for lint,
+        to suppress a gcc -Wclobbered warning that does not seem to be right.
 
         * process.c (serial_open, serial_configure): Move decls from here ...
         * systty.h: ... to here, so that they can be checked.
diff --git a/src/sysdep.c b/src/sysdep.c
index e19f9ca829e..1c49b2a3387 100644
--- a/src/sysdep.c
+++ b/src/sysdep.c
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ sys_subshell (void)
   int pid;
   struct save_signal saved_handlers[5];
   Lisp_Object dir;
-  unsigned char *str = 0;
+  unsigned char * IF_LINT (volatile) str = 0;
   int len;
 
   saved_handlers[0].code = SIGINT;