diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index c9af64a056b..1a295ba5b6c 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jun  5 14:59:44 CEST 2003  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
+
+	* combine.c (simplify_if_then_else): (IF_THEN_ELSE (NE REG 0) (0) (8))
+	is REG for nonzero_bits (REG) == 8.  
+
 Thu Jun  5 13:23:51 CEST 2003  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	* i386.md (align): Fix warning; clarify what to do when no p2align
diff --git a/gcc/combine.c b/gcc/combine.c
index c47065568fd..d476bf0ac82 100644
--- a/gcc/combine.c
+++ b/gcc/combine.c
@@ -5049,6 +5049,14 @@ simplify_if_then_else (x)
       simplify_shift_const (NULL_RTX, ASHIFT, mode,
 			    gen_lowpart_for_combine (mode, XEXP (cond, 0)), i);
 
+  /* (IF_THEN_ELSE (NE REG 0) (0) (8)) is REG for nonzero_bits (REG) == 8.  */
+  if (true_code == NE && XEXP (cond, 1) == const0_rtx
+      && false_rtx == const0_rtx && GET_CODE (true_rtx) == CONST_INT
+      && (INTVAL (true_rtx) & GET_MODE_MASK (mode))
+	  == nonzero_bits (XEXP (cond, 0), mode)
+      && (i = exact_log2 (INTVAL (true_rtx) & GET_MODE_MASK (mode))) >= 0)
+    return XEXP (cond, 0);
+
   return x;
 }