diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 7dc1d93f0b7..b36834bf475 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 	(toplev::main): ... here as we need init_options_struct
 	being called.
 
+2019-11-19  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
+
+	PR target/79262
+	* config/aarch64/aarch64.c (generic_vector_cost): Adjust
+	vec_to_scalar_cost.
+
 2019-11-19  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijkstr@arm.com>
 
 	* config/arm/arm-cpus.in (armv7): Set tune to Cortex-A53.
diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
index f710aa2e795..94e664af52f 100644
--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
+++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static const struct cpu_vector_cost generic_vector_cost =
   1, /* vec_int_stmt_cost  */
   1, /* vec_fp_stmt_cost  */
   2, /* vec_permute_cost  */
-  1, /* vec_to_scalar_cost  */
+  2, /* vec_to_scalar_cost  */
   1, /* scalar_to_vec_cost  */
   1, /* vec_align_load_cost  */
   1, /* vec_unalign_load_cost  */