diff --git a/gcc/fortran/decl.cc b/gcc/fortran/decl.cc
index a7576f4bc40..b8308aeee55 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/fortran/decl.cc
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ gfc_verify_c_interop_param (gfc_symbol *sym)
 /* Function called by variable_decl() that adds a name to the symbol table.  */
 
 static bool
-build_sym (const char *name, gfc_charlen *cl, bool cl_deferred,
+build_sym (const char *name, int elem, gfc_charlen *cl, bool cl_deferred,
 	   gfc_array_spec **as, locus *var_locus)
 {
   symbol_attribute attr;
@@ -1778,7 +1778,10 @@ build_sym (const char *name, gfc_charlen *cl, bool cl_deferred,
 
   if (sym->ts.type == BT_CHARACTER)
     {
-      sym->ts.u.cl = cl;
+      if (elem > 1)
+	sym->ts.u.cl = gfc_new_charlen (sym->ns, cl);
+      else
+	sym->ts.u.cl = cl;
       sym->ts.deferred = cl_deferred;
     }
 
@@ -2960,7 +2963,7 @@ variable_decl (int elem)
      create a symbol for those yet.  If we fail to create the symbol,
      bail out.  */
   if (!gfc_comp_struct (gfc_current_state ())
-      && !build_sym (name, cl, cl_deferred, &as, &var_locus))
+      && !build_sym (name, elem, cl, cl_deferred, &as, &var_locus))
     {
       m = MATCH_ERROR;
       goto cleanup;
@@ -10938,7 +10941,7 @@ enumerator_decl (void)
   /* OK, we've successfully matched the declaration.  Now put the
      symbol in the current namespace. If we fail to create the symbol,
      bail out.  */
-  if (!build_sym (name, NULL, false, &as, &var_locus))
+  if (!build_sym (name, 1, NULL, false, &as, &var_locus))
     {
       m = MATCH_ERROR;
       goto cleanup;
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/pr89462.f90 b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/pr89462.f90
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9efdb1adbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/pr89462.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+! { dg-do compile }
+! Test the fix for PR89462 in which the shared 'cl' field of the typespec
+! shared between 'test', 'TR' and 'aTP' caused the compiler to go into an
+! infinite loop.
+! Contributed by Sergei Trofimovich  <slyich@gmail.com>
+  CHARACTER*1 FUNCTION test(H)
+     CHARACTER*1 test2,TR,aTP
+     ENTRY test2(L)
+     CALL ttest3(aTP)
+     test = TR
+     RETURN
+  END