diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 0cc9e445ead..d33e7f2a672 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-10-19  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp: Allow either optimized out or 6.
+
 2018-10-19  Alan Hayward  <alan.hayward@arm.com>
 
 	* gdb.cp/ovldbreak.exp: Fix regexps.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp
index 88c6fac9b98..dd04a006e0f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.exp
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ proc vla_optimized_out {exe_suffix options} {
 
 foreach {test_prefix options} \
     { "o1" {{debug optimize=-O1 additional_flags=-DNOCLONE} "6"} \
-      "o3" {{debug optimize=-O3} "<optimized out>"} \
+      "o3" {{debug optimize=-O3} "<optimized out>|6"} \
       "o3_strict" {{debug optimize=-O3 \
 			additional_flags=-gstrict-dwarf} \
-		       "<optimized out>"}} {
+		       "<optimized out>|6"}} {
     with_test_prefix $test_prefix {
 	vla_optimized_out $test_prefix $options
     }