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diff --git a/gdb/frame.c b/gdb/frame.c
index a40bbb219c3..8a14b29ede3 100644
--- a/gdb/frame.c
+++ b/gdb/frame.c
@@ -514,13 +514,22 @@ frame_save_as_regcache (struct frame_info *this_frame)
void
frame_pop (struct frame_info *this_frame)
{
+ struct frame_info *prev_frame;
+ struct regcache *scratch;
+ struct cleanup *cleanups;
+
+ /* Ensure that we have a frame to pop to. */
+ prev_frame = get_prev_frame_1 (this_frame);
+
+ if (!prev_frame)
+ error (_("Cannot pop the initial frame."));
+
/* Make a copy of all the register values unwound from this frame.
Save them in a scratch buffer so that there isn't a race between
trying to extract the old values from the current_regcache while
at the same time writing new values into that same cache. */
- struct regcache *scratch
- = frame_save_as_regcache (get_prev_frame_1 (this_frame));
- struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (scratch);
+ scratch = frame_save_as_regcache (prev_frame);
+ cleanups = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (scratch);
/* FIXME: cagney/2003-03-16: It should be possible to tell the
target's register cache that it is about to be hit with a burst