diff --git a/clang/include/clang/Parse/DeclSpec.h b/clang/include/clang/Parse/DeclSpec.h
index 118d6a246e8e..4c1bbdf6d76b 100644
--- a/clang/include/clang/Parse/DeclSpec.h
+++ b/clang/include/clang/Parse/DeclSpec.h
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ public:
   ///
   unsigned getParsedSpecifiers() const;
   
+  /// isEmpty - Return true if this declaration specifier is completely empty:
+  /// no tokens were parsed in the production of it.
+  bool isEmpty() const {
+    return getParsedSpecifiers() == DeclSpec::PQ_None;
+  }
+  
   void SetRangeStart(SourceLocation Loc) { Range.setBegin(Loc); }
   void SetRangeEnd(SourceLocation Loc) { Range.setEnd(Loc); }
   
diff --git a/clang/lib/Parse/DeclSpec.cpp b/clang/lib/Parse/DeclSpec.cpp
index 28c81496390b..a498182df71a 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Parse/DeclSpec.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Parse/DeclSpec.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ DeclaratorChunk DeclaratorChunk::getFunction(bool hasProto, bool isVariadic,
 }
 
 /// getParsedSpecifiers - Return a bitmask of which flavors of specifiers this
+/// declaration specifier includes.
 ///
 unsigned DeclSpec::getParsedSpecifiers() const {
   unsigned Res = 0;
diff --git a/clang/lib/Parse/Parser.cpp b/clang/lib/Parse/Parser.cpp
index 4398ef8ea9c9..30db5e67590c 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Parse/Parser.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Parse/Parser.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Parser::DeclTy *Parser::ParseFunctionDefinition(Declarator &D) {
   // If this is C90 and the declspecs were completely missing, fudge in an
   // implicit int.  We do this here because this is the only place where
   // declaration-specifiers are completely optional in the grammar.
-  if (getLang().ImplicitInt && D.getDeclSpec().getParsedSpecifiers() == 0) {
+  if (getLang().ImplicitInt && D.getDeclSpec().isEmpty()) {
     const char *PrevSpec;
     D.getMutableDeclSpec().SetTypeSpecType(DeclSpec::TST_int,
                                            D.getIdentifierLoc(),