diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index 43af268060f..cc369ab8708 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-2004-07-17 Brad Jarvinen.
+2004-07-16 Alain Magloire
+
+	Fix for PR 70255
+
+	* model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/Binary.java
+
+2004-07-16 Brad Jarvinen
 
 	Fix Pr 70252
 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/Binary.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/Binary.java
index c60a926c4b7..78b6ed4c3bc 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/Binary.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/model/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/model/Binary.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class Binary extends Openable implements IBinary {
 	private void addVariable(OpenableInfo info, ISymbol symbol, Map hash) throws CModelException {
 		IPath filename = filename = symbol.getFilename();
 		BinaryVariable variable = null;
-		if (filename != null) {
+		if (filename != null && !filename.isEmpty()) {
 			BinaryModule module = null;
 			if (hash.containsKey(filename)) {
 				module = (BinaryModule)hash.get(filename);