diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1f04fa4b196..62db0094ac2 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-14  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/alpha/alpha.c (alpha_expand_mov): Use correct mode
+	for force_const_mem.
+
 2003-01-14  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* genattr.c (main): Rearrange output to avoid prototype warning.
diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
index 866c465fdc8..18573741227 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ alpha_expand_mov (mode, operands)
     }
 
   /* Otherwise we've nothing left but to drop the thing to memory.  */
-  operands[1] = force_const_mem (DImode, operands[1]);
+  operands[1] = force_const_mem (mode, operands[1]);
   if (reload_in_progress)
     {
       emit_move_insn (operands[0], XEXP (operands[1], 0));