diff --git a/go/gogo.cc b/go/gogo.cc
index f6a8e7a..3ff88cb 100644
--- a/go/gogo.cc
+++ b/go/gogo.cc
@@ -8718,7 +8718,13 @@
     case NAMED_OBJECT_TYPE:
       {
         Named_type* named_type = this->u_.type_value;
-	if (!Gogo::is_erroneous_name(this->name_) && !named_type->is_alias())
+
+        // No need to do anything for aliases-- whatever has to be done
+        // can be done for the alias target.
+        if (named_type->is_alias())
+          break;
+
+	if (!Gogo::is_erroneous_name(this->name_))
 	  type_decls.push_back(named_type->get_backend(gogo));
 
         // We need to produce a type descriptor for every named