diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 863dcc43463..146fa1a086f 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-11-10  Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.c (f1): Add __attribute__ ((weak)).
+
 2020-11-10  Gary Benson <gbenson@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdb.cp/step-and-next-inline.exp: Only require
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.c
index d21df7a153e..1bd4f6d1406 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/vla-optimized-out.c
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
 int
 #ifdef NOCLONE
-__attribute__((noinline)) ATTRIBUTE_NOCLONE
+__attribute__((noinline,weak)) ATTRIBUTE_NOCLONE
 #else
-__attribute__((noinline))
+__attribute__((noinline,weak))
 #endif
 f1 (int i)
 {