diff --git a/libguile/symbols.c b/libguile/symbols.c
index 4477bd683..d7c1fb9ef 100644
--- a/libguile/symbols.c
+++ b/libguile/symbols.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ scm_mem2symbol (const char *name, scm_sizet len)
 	    return sym;
 	  }
       next_symbol:
+	;
       }
   }