http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47024
--- Comment #5 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org 2011-01-04 13:49:27 UTC --- The dump for the test case in comment #0 currently looks like this [excerpt]: y._data = 0B; { [...] _gfortran_st_write (&dt_parm.0); { integer(kind=4) D.1548; D.1548 = (y._vptr->_size * 8) / 8; _gfortran_transfer_integer_write (&dt_parm.0, &D.1548, 4); } _gfortran_st_write_done (&dt_parm.0); } Since "y._vptr" is initially undefined, we get an ICE. The solution would be to initialize the _vptr component of all polymorphic allocatables to the declared type.