diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
index e20b35c8ebe..086866aca99 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ proc find_ada_tool {tool} {
 }
 
 # Compare the GNAT version against L2 using version_compare.  If the
-# compiler does not appear to be GCC, this will always return false.
+# compiler does not appear to be GCC, this will assume that gnatmake
+# is very new.
 
 proc gnat_version_compare {op l2} {
     set gnatmake [find_gnatmake]
@@ -189,7 +190,8 @@ proc gnat_version_compare {op l2} {
 	return 0
     }
     if {![regexp {GNATMAKE ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*)} $output match version]} {
-	return 0
+	# Assume a "very new" version.
+	set version 99
     }
 
     return [version_compare [split $version .] $op $l2]