dwarf2_build_psymtabs_hard (objfile);
 }
 
+/* Return the total length of the CU described by HEADER.  */
+
+static unsigned int
+get_cu_length (const struct comp_unit_head *header)
+{
+  return header->initial_length_size + header->length;
+}
+
 /* Return TRUE if OFFSET is within CU_HEADER.  */
 
 static inline int
 offset_in_cu_p (const struct comp_unit_head *cu_header, sect_offset offset)
 {
   sect_offset bottom = { cu_header->offset.sect_off };
-  sect_offset top = { (cu_header->offset.sect_off + cu_header->length
-                      + cu_header->initial_length_size) };
+  sect_offset top = { cu_header->offset.sect_off + get_cu_length (cu_header) };
 
   return (offset.sect_off >= bottom.sect_off && offset.sect_off < top.sect_off);
 }
 
   /* Cast to unsigned long to use 64-bit arithmetic when possible to
      avoid potential 32-bit overflow.  */
-  if (((unsigned long) header->offset.sect_off
-       + header->length + header->initial_length_size)
+  if (((unsigned long) header->offset.sect_off + get_cu_length (header))
       > section->size)
     error (_("Dwarf Error: bad length (0x%lx) in compilation unit header "
           "(offset 0x%lx + 0) [in module %s]"),
                                               abbrev_section, ptr,
                                               &signature, &type_offset_in_tu);
 
-         length = header.initial_length_size + header.length;
+         length = get_cu_length (&header);
 
          /* Skip dummy type units.  */
          if (ptr >= info_ptr + length
              || peek_abbrev_code (abfd, ptr) == 0)
            {
-             info_ptr += header.initial_length_size + header.length;
+             info_ptr += length;
              continue;
            }
 
          gdb_assert (this_cu->offset.sect_off == cu->header.offset.sect_off);
 
          /* LENGTH has not been set yet for type units.  */
-         this_cu->length = cu->header.length + cu->header.initial_length_size;
+         this_cu->length = get_cu_length (&cu->header);
 
          /* Establish the type offset that can be used to lookup the type.  */
          sig_type->type_offset_in_section.sect_off =
                                                    info_ptr, 0);
 
          gdb_assert (this_cu->offset.sect_off == cu->header.offset.sect_off);
-         gdb_assert (this_cu->length
-                     == cu->header.length + cu->header.initial_length_size);
+         gdb_assert (this_cu->length == get_cu_length (&cu->header));
        }
     }
 
                                                    &signature, NULL);
          gdb_assert (sig_type->signature == signature);
          gdb_assert (dwo_unit->offset.sect_off == cu->header.offset.sect_off);
-         gdb_assert (dwo_unit->length
-                     == cu->header.length + cu->header.initial_length_size);
+         gdb_assert (dwo_unit->length == get_cu_length (&cu->header));
 
          /* Establish the type offset that can be used to lookup the type.
             For DWO files, we don't know it until now.  */
                                                    dwo_abbrev_section,
                                                    info_ptr, 0);
          gdb_assert (dwo_unit->offset.sect_off == cu->header.offset.sect_off);
-         gdb_assert (dwo_unit->length
-                     == cu->header.length + cu->header.initial_length_size);
+         gdb_assert (dwo_unit->length == get_cu_length (&cu->header));
        }
 
       /* Discard the original CU's abbrev table, and read the DWO's.  */
                                            abbrev_section, info_ptr,
                                            this_cu->is_debug_types);
 
-  this_cu->length = cu.header.length + cu.header.initial_length_size;
+  this_cu->length = get_cu_length (&cu.header);
 
   /* Skip dummy compilation units.  */
   if (info_ptr >= begin_info_ptr + this_cu->length