diff --git a/gdb/ada-lang.c b/gdb/ada-lang.c
index 5b5c22f..b576839 100644
--- a/gdb/ada-lang.c
+++ b/gdb/ada-lang.c
@@ -8309,6 +8309,68 @@ to_fixed_variant_branch_type (struct type *var_type0, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
     return TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (var_type, which);
 }
 
+/* Assuming RANGE_TYPE is a TYPE_CODE_RANGE, return nonzero if
+   ENCODING_TYPE, a type following the GNAT conventions for discrete
+   type encodings, only carries redundant information.  */
+
+static int
+ada_is_redundant_range_encoding (struct type *range_type,
+				 struct type *encoding_type)
+{
+  struct type *fixed_range_type;
+  char *bounds_str;
+  int n;
+  LONGEST lo, hi;
+
+  gdb_assert (TYPE_CODE (range_type) == TYPE_CODE_RANGE);
+
+  if (is_dynamic_type (range_type))
+    return 0;
+
+  if (TYPE_NAME (encoding_type) == NULL)
+    return 0;
+
+  bounds_str = strstr (TYPE_NAME (encoding_type), "___XDLU_");
+  if (bounds_str == NULL)
+    return 0;
+
+  n = 8; /* Skip "___XDLU_".  */
+  if (!ada_scan_number (bounds_str, n, &lo, &n))
+    return 0;
+  if (TYPE_LOW_BOUND (range_type) != lo)
+    return 0;
+
+  n += 2; /* Skip the "__" separator between the two bounds.  */
+  if (!ada_scan_number (bounds_str, n, &hi, &n))
+    return 0;
+  if (TYPE_HIGH_BOUND (range_type) != hi)
+    return 0;
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/* Given the array type ARRAY_TYPE, return nonzero if DESC_TYPE,
+   a type following the GNAT encoding for describing array type
+   indices, only carries redundant information.  */
+
+static int
+ada_is_redundant_index_type_desc (struct type *array_type,
+				  struct type *desc_type)
+{
+  struct type *this_layer = check_typedef (array_type);
+  int i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < TYPE_NFIELDS (desc_type); i++)
+    {
+      if (!ada_is_redundant_range_encoding (TYPE_INDEX_TYPE (this_layer),
+					    TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (desc_type, i)))
+	return 0;
+      this_layer = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (this_layer));
+    }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
 /* Assuming that TYPE0 is an array type describing the type of a value
    at ADDR, and that DVAL describes a record containing any
    discriminants used in TYPE0, returns a type for the value that
@@ -8335,6 +8397,17 @@ to_fixed_array_type (struct type *type0, struct value *dval,
 
   index_type_desc = ada_find_parallel_type (type0, "___XA");
   ada_fixup_array_indexes_type (index_type_desc);
+  if (index_type_desc != NULL
+      && ada_is_redundant_index_type_desc (type0, index_type_desc))
+    {
+      /* Ignore this ___XA parallel type, as it does not bring any
+	 useful information.  This allows us to avoid creating fixed
+	 versions of the array's index types, which would be identical
+	 to the original ones.  This, in turn, can also help avoid
+	 the creation of fixed versions of the array itself.  */
+      index_type_desc = NULL;
+    }
+
   if (index_type_desc == NULL)
     {
       struct type *elt_type0 = ada_check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type0));
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2be18e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+load_lib "ada.exp"
+
+standard_ada_testfile foo
+
+if {[gdb_compile_ada "${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable [list debug ]] != "" } {
+  return -1
+}
+
+clean_restart ${testfile}
+
+set bp_location [gdb_get_line_number "START" ${testdir}/foo.adb]
+if ![runto "foo.adb:$bp_location" ] then {
+  perror "Couldn't run ${testfile}"
+  return
+}
+
+gdb_test "ptype a2" \
+         " = array \\(1 \\.\\. 2\\) of foo.array2_first"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/foo.adb b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/foo.adb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4af104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/foo.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+--  Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+--  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+--  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+--  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+--  (at your option) any later version.
+--
+--  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+--  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+--  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+--  GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+--  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+--  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+with System;
+with Pck; use Pck;
+
+procedure Foo is
+   type Array2_First is array (24 .. 26) of Integer;
+   type Array2_Second is array (1 .. 2) of Array2_First;
+   A2 : Array2_Second := ((10, 11, 12), (13, 14, 15));
+begin
+   Do_Nothing (A2'Address);  --  START
+end Foo;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.adb b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.adb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b31332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.adb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--  Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+--  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+--  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+--  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+--  (at your option) any later version.
+--
+--  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+--  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+--  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+--  GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+--  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+--  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package body Pck is
+   procedure Do_Nothing (A : System.Address) is
+   begin
+      null;
+   end Do_Nothing;
+end Pck;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.ads b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.ads
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..100d7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/arr_arr/pck.ads
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--  Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+--
+--  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+--  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+--  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+--  (at your option) any later version.
+--
+--  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+--  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+--  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+--  GNU General Public License for more details.
+--
+--  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+--  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+with System;
+package Pck is
+   procedure Do_Nothing (A : System.Address);
+end Pck;
