diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a67b8ca2..602f1fdd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-07-29  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
+
+	Fix a --enable-gcc-warnings problem.
+	* src/scan-gram.l (SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Actually use length
+	variable.
+
 2009-07-24  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
 
 	Warn about character literals not of length one.
diff --git a/src/scan-gram.l b/src/scan-gram.l
index 5c0418c6..a6bd5e2f 100644
--- a/src/scan-gram.l
+++ b/src/scan-gram.l
@@ -500,9 +500,9 @@ splice	 (\\[ \f\t\v]*\n)*
     {
       /* FIXME: Eventually, make these errors.  */
       size_t length = strlen (last_string);
-      if (strlen (last_string) < 3)
+      if (length < 3)
         warn_at (*loc, _("empty character literal"));
-      else if (strlen (last_string) > 3)
+      else if (length > 3)
         warn_at (*loc, _("extra characters in character literal"));
     }
     if (yytext[0] == '\n')