diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index 48ac2ca4bb8..d562011f27b 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-03-03 Alain Magloire
+
+	From Sean Sevoy.  Fix to VCErrorParser.java
+	PR 53253.
+
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/errorparsers/VCErrorParser.java
+
 2004-03-03 Hoda Amer
 	A fix for getChildren() to check if the getElementInfo() is null
 	
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/errorparsers/VCErrorParser.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/errorparsers/VCErrorParser.java
index 9a84ecf8d3c..3aade736b74 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/errorparsers/VCErrorParser.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/errorparsers/VCErrorParser.java
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.ErrorParserManager;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.IErrorParser;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.IMarkerGenerator;
 import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
+
 public class VCErrorParser implements IErrorParser {
+	
 	public boolean processLine(String line, ErrorParserManager eoParser) {
 		// msdev: filname(linenumber) : error/warning error_desc
 		int firstColon = line.indexOf(':');
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ public class VCErrorParser implements IErrorParser {
 				} catch (SecurityException e) {
 				}
 			}
+		}
+
+		if (firstColon != -1) {
 			String firstPart = line.substring(0, firstColon);
 			StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(firstPart, "()"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			if (tok.hasMoreTokens()) {