diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 3c3e8a3ef8a..68af5c06d77 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-09-28  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
+	* varasm.c (assemble_integer): Bound alignment check by
+	BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT.
+
 	* cfgrtl.c (redirect_edge_and_branch): Abort if redirect_jump fails.
 
 2001-09-28  Rainer Orth  <ro@TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 68c51655c36..b2ce9a6de8f 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,7 @@ assemble_integer (x, size, align, force)
   /* First try to use the standard 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 byte
      ASM_OUTPUT... macros.  */
 
-  if (align >= size * BITS_PER_UNIT)
+  if (align >= MIN (size * BITS_PER_UNIT, BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT))
     switch (size)
       {
 #ifdef ASM_OUTPUT_CHAR