http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=46408
--- Comment #4 from janus at gcc dot gnu.org 2011-01-02 15:58:13 UTC --- Reduced test case: type t end type type, extends(t) :: t2 integer, allocatable :: a end type class(t), allocatable :: x, y allocate(t2 :: x) allocate(y, source=x) end As far as I can see, the copying routine itself is alright. The problem seems to be with the default initialization of x%a. From the dump: MAIN__ () { static struct t __def_init_MAIN___t; static struct t2 __def_init_MAIN___t2 = {}; static struct __vtype_MAIN___t __vtab_MAIN___t = {._hash=6232021, ._size=0, ._extends=0B, ._def_init=&__def_init_MAIN___t, ._copy=__copy_MAIN___t}; static struct __vtype_MAIN___t2 __vtab_MAIN___t2 = {._hash=43807140, ._size=8, ._extends=&__vtab_MAIN___t, ._def_init=&__def_init_MAIN___t2, ._copy=__copy_MAIN___t2}; static struct __class_MAIN___t_a x = {}; static struct __class_MAIN___t_a y = {}; static void __copy_MAIN___t (struct t & restrict, struct t & restrict); static void __copy_MAIN___t2 (struct t2 & restrict, struct t2 & restrict); try { x._data = 0B; y._data = 0B; ! [ ... allocation of x._data ... ] (void) __builtin_memcpy ((void *) x._data, (void *) x._vptr->_def_init, (<unnamed-unsigned:64>) x._vptr->_size); ! [ ... allocation of y.data ... ] x._vptr->_copy (x._data, y._data); (struct __vtype_MAIN___t *) y._vptr = (struct __vtype_MAIN___t *) x._vptr; } finally { [...] } } x%a should get default-initialized to NULL via the memcpy call from x._vptr->_def_init. The memcpy itself is done alright, but apparently the _def_init variable is not properly initialized (is it?): static struct t2 __def_init_MAIN___t2 = {};