diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 946b0858a07..743509e3ad8 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-26  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+	* progmodes/gud.el (gdb): Only complain about multiple debugging
+	when the gdb process is still running.
+
 2006-03-25  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
 	* mail/rmail.el (tool-bar-map): Defvar it.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
index 7fa5a0b6dcc..907a2e7c300 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ To run GDB in text command mode, set `gud-gdb-command-name' to
 
   (if (and gud-comint-buffer
 	   (buffer-name gud-comint-buffer)
+	   (get-buffer-process gud-comint-buffer)
 	   (with-current-buffer gud-comint-buffer (eq gud-minor-mode 'gdba)))
       (error "Multiple debugging is only supported with \"gdb --fullname\""))