diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@
         messages_.Say(
             "An assumed-length CHARACTER(*) function cannot return a POINTER"_err_en_US);
       }
-    } else if (IsProcedurePointer(symbol) && IsDummy(symbol)) {
+    }
+    if (IsProcedurePointer(symbol) && IsDummy(symbol)) {
       messages_.Say(
           "A dummy procedure pointer should not have assumed-length CHARACTER(*) result type"_port_en_US);
       // The non-dummy case is a hard error that's caught elsewhere.
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/call01.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/call01.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/call01.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/call01.f90
@@ -118,16 +118,19 @@
   end function nested
 end function
 
-subroutine s01(f1, f2, fp1, fp2)
+subroutine s01(f1, f2, fp1, fp2, fp3)
   !PORTABILITY: A dummy procedure pointer should not have assumed-length CHARACTER(*) result type
   character*(*) :: f1, f3, fp1
   external :: f1, f3
-  pointer :: fp1
+  pointer :: fp1, fp3
   !PORTABILITY: A dummy procedure pointer should not have assumed-length CHARACTER(*) result type
   procedure(character*(*)), pointer :: fp2
   interface
     character*(*) function f2()
     end function
+    !PORTABILITY: A dummy procedure pointer should not have assumed-length CHARACTER(*) result type
+    character*(*) function fp3()
+    end function
     !ERROR: A function interface may not declare an assumed-length CHARACTER(*) result
     character*(*) function f4()
     end function