diff --git a/gdb/coffread.c b/gdb/coffread.c
index c44b69069e4..869a32b2c19 100644
--- a/gdb/coffread.c
+++ b/gdb/coffread.c
@@ -1609,9 +1609,10 @@ process_coff_symbol (struct coff_symbol *cs,
 	case C_THUMBEXTFUNC:
 	case C_EXT:
 	  SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_STATIC;
-	  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = (CORE_ADDR) cs->c_value;
-	  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
-						  SECT_OFF_TEXT (objfile));
+	  SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+				    (CORE_ADDR) cs->c_value
+				    + ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
+						SECT_OFF_TEXT (objfile)));
 	  add_symbol_to_list (sym, get_global_symbols ());
 	  break;
 
@@ -1619,9 +1620,10 @@ process_coff_symbol (struct coff_symbol *cs,
 	case C_THUMBSTATFUNC:
 	case C_STAT:
 	  SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_STATIC;
-	  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = (CORE_ADDR) cs->c_value;
-	  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
-						  SECT_OFF_TEXT (objfile));
+	  SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+				    (CORE_ADDR) cs->c_value
+				    + ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
+						SECT_OFF_TEXT (objfile)));
 	  if (within_function)
 	    {
 	      /* Static symbol of local scope.  */
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 1052501c351..4cc558fce2a 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -21484,15 +21484,20 @@ var_decode_location (struct attribute *attr, struct symbol *sym,
       unsigned int dummy;
 
       if (DW_BLOCK (attr)->data[0] == DW_OP_addr)
-	SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) =
-	  read_address (objfile->obfd, DW_BLOCK (attr)->data + 1, cu, &dummy);
+	SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+				  read_address (objfile->obfd,
+						DW_BLOCK (attr)->data + 1,
+						cu, &dummy));
       else
-	SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) =
-	  read_addr_index_from_leb128 (cu, DW_BLOCK (attr)->data + 1, &dummy);
+	SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS
+	  (sym, read_addr_index_from_leb128 (cu, DW_BLOCK (attr)->data + 1,
+					     &dummy));
       SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_STATIC;
       fixup_symbol_section (sym, objfile);
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
-					      SYMBOL_SECTION (sym));
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+				SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)
+				+ ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets,
+					    SYMBOL_SECTION (sym)));
       return;
     }
 
@@ -21606,7 +21611,7 @@ new_symbol (struct die_info *die, struct type *type, struct dwarf2_cu *cu,
 
 	      addr = attr_value_as_address (attr);
 	      addr = gdbarch_adjust_dwarf2_addr (gdbarch, addr + baseaddr);
-	      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = addr;
+	      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, addr);
 	    }
 	  SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) = objfile_type (objfile)->builtin_core_addr;
 	  SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) = LABEL_DOMAIN;
diff --git a/gdb/mdebugread.c b/gdb/mdebugread.c
index 0956fbdb675..eed714636dc 100644
--- a/gdb/mdebugread.c
+++ b/gdb/mdebugread.c
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ parse_symbol (SYMR *sh, union aux_ext *ax, char *ext_sh, int bigend,
       b = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (SYMTAB_BLOCKVECTOR (top_stack->cur_st),
 			     GLOBAL_BLOCK);
       s = new_symbol (name);
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s) = (CORE_ADDR) sh->value;
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s, (CORE_ADDR) sh->value);
       add_data_symbol (sh, ax, bigend, s, LOC_STATIC, b, objfile, name);
       break;
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ parse_symbol (SYMR *sh, union aux_ext *ax, char *ext_sh, int bigend,
 	  global_sym_chain[bucket] = s;
 	}
       else
-	SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s) = (CORE_ADDR) sh->value;
+	SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s, (CORE_ADDR) sh->value);
       add_data_symbol (sh, ax, bigend, s, LOC_STATIC, b, objfile, name);
       break;
 
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ parse_symbol (SYMR *sh, union aux_ext *ax, char *ext_sh, int bigend,
       s = new_symbol (name);
       SYMBOL_DOMAIN (s) = VAR_DOMAIN;	/* So that it can be used */
       SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (s) = LOC_LABEL;	/* but not misused.  */
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s) = (CORE_ADDR) sh->value;
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (s, (CORE_ADDR) sh->value);
       SYMBOL_TYPE (s) = objfile_type (objfile)->builtin_int;
       add_symbol (s, top_stack->cur_st, top_stack->cur_block);
       break;
diff --git a/gdb/objfiles.c b/gdb/objfiles.c
index 90c4650bd47..f9e7d20bab5 100644
--- a/gdb/objfiles.c
+++ b/gdb/objfiles.c
@@ -707,7 +707,9 @@ relocate_one_symbol (struct symbol *sym, struct objfile *objfile,
        || SYMBOL_CLASS (sym) == LOC_STATIC)
       && SYMBOL_SECTION (sym) >= 0)
     {
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) += ANOFFSET (delta, SYMBOL_SECTION (sym));
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+				SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)
+				+ ANOFFSET (delta, SYMBOL_SECTION (sym)));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/stabsread.c b/gdb/stabsread.c
index 48c88ded553..da455da3658 100644
--- a/gdb/stabsread.c
+++ b/gdb/stabsread.c
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
       SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) = read_type (&p, objfile);
       SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_LABEL;
       SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) = VAR_DOMAIN;
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = valu;
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, valu);
       add_symbol_to_list (sym, get_local_symbols ());
       break;
 
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
       /* Static symbol at top level of file.  */
       SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) = read_type (&p, objfile);
       SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_STATIC;
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = valu;
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, valu);
       if (gdbarch_static_transform_name_p (gdbarch)
 	  && gdbarch_static_transform_name (gdbarch,
 					    SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym))
@@ -1204,7 +1204,8 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
 		(gdbarch, SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym));
 
 	      SYMBOL_SET_LINKAGE_NAME (sym, new_name);
-	      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
+	      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+					BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym));
 	    }
 	}
       SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) = VAR_DOMAIN;
@@ -1380,7 +1381,7 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
       /* Static symbol of local scope.  */
       SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) = read_type (&p, objfile);
       SYMBOL_ACLASS_INDEX (sym) = LOC_STATIC;
-      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = valu;
+      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, valu);
       if (gdbarch_static_transform_name_p (gdbarch)
 	  && gdbarch_static_transform_name (gdbarch,
 					    SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym))
@@ -1396,7 +1397,7 @@ define_symbol (CORE_ADDR valu, const char *string, int desc, int type,
 		(gdbarch, SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (sym));
 
 	      SYMBOL_SET_LINKAGE_NAME (sym, new_name);
-	      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
+	      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym));
 	    }
 	}
       SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) = VAR_DOMAIN;
@@ -4363,7 +4364,9 @@ fix_common_block (struct symbol *sym, CORE_ADDR valu)
       int j;
 
       for (j = next->nsyms - 1; j >= 0; j--)
-	SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (next->symbol[j]) += valu;
+	SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (next->symbol[j],
+				  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (next->symbol[j])
+				  + valu);
     }
 }
 
@@ -4641,8 +4644,9 @@ scan_file_globals (struct objfile *objfile)
 			}
 		      else
 			{
-			  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)
-			    = MSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (resolve_objfile, msymbol);
+			  SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS
+			    (sym, MSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (resolve_objfile,
+							 msymbol));
 			}
 		      SYMBOL_SECTION (sym) = MSYMBOL_SECTION (msymbol);
 		    }
@@ -4680,7 +4684,7 @@ scan_file_globals (struct objfile *objfile)
 
 	  /* Change the symbol address from the misleading chain value
 	     to address zero.  */
-	  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (prev) = 0;
+	  SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (prev, 0);
 
 	  /* Complain about unresolved common block symbols.  */
 	  if (SYMBOL_CLASS (prev) == LOC_STATIC)
diff --git a/gdb/symtab.h b/gdb/symtab.h
index d0465987749..2d5667b620c 100644
--- a/gdb/symtab.h
+++ b/gdb/symtab.h
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@ extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
    field only, instead of the SYMBOL parameter.  */
 
 #define SYMBOL_VALUE(symbol)		(symbol)->ginfo.value.ivalue
-#define SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS(symbol)	(symbol)->ginfo.value.address
+#define SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS(symbol)	((symbol)->ginfo.value.address + 0)
+#define SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS(symbol, new_value)	\
+  ((symbol)->ginfo.value.address = (new_value))
 #define SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES(symbol)	(symbol)->ginfo.value.bytes
 #define SYMBOL_VALUE_COMMON_BLOCK(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.common_block
 #define SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE(symbol)	(symbol)->ginfo.value.block
diff --git a/gdb/xcoffread.c b/gdb/xcoffread.c
index 2fa27066539..aec19237214 100644
--- a/gdb/xcoffread.c
+++ b/gdb/xcoffread.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ process_xcoff_symbol (struct coff_symbol *cs, struct objfile *objfile)
   initialize_objfile_symbol (sym);
 
   /* default assumptions */
-  SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) = cs->c_value + off;
+  SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym, cs->c_value + off);
   SYMBOL_DOMAIN (sym) = VAR_DOMAIN;
   SYMBOL_SECTION (sym) = secnum_to_section (cs->c_secnum, objfile);
 
@@ -1674,7 +1674,9 @@ process_xcoff_symbol (struct coff_symbol *cs, struct objfile *objfile)
 			       cs->c_name, 0, 0, objfile);
 	  if (sym != NULL)
 	    {
-	      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym) += static_block_base;
+	      SET_SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym,
+					SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)
+					+ static_block_base);
 	      SYMBOL_SECTION (sym) = static_block_section;
 	    }
 	  return sym;
