diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1441c2f2c82..004785a7505 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-09-09  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@cygnus.com>
+
+	* recog.c (validate_replace_rtx_1): Correct MODE parameter in call
+	to operand_subword.
+
 2000-09-10  Michael Hayes  <mhayes@cygnus.com>
 
 	* loop.c (struct movables): New.
diff --git a/gcc/recog.c b/gcc/recog.c
index 7f35c9f542c..87f8137f302 100644
--- a/gcc/recog.c
+++ b/gcc/recog.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ validate_replace_rtx_1 (loc, from, to, object)
 	      && GET_MODE_CLASS (GET_MODE (x)) == MODE_INT)
 	    {
 	      rtx temp = operand_subword (to, SUBREG_WORD (x),
-					  0, GET_MODE (x));
+					  0, GET_MODE (from));
 	      if (temp)
 		{
 		  validate_change (object, loc, temp, 1);