diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f2f017df187..ed8f18db8cf 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-08-31  Jeff Law <law@cygnus.com>
+
+        * arm.c (legitimize_pic_address): Use no_new_pseudos to determine
+        when we can safely allocate new registers.
+
 2000-08-31  Geoffrey Keating  <geoffk@cygnus.com>
 
 	* stmt.c (expand_asm_operands): Twiddle generating_concat_p
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index 6abe7321ab1..609536bb32d 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ legitimize_pic_address (orig, mode, reg)
 
       if (reg == 0)
 	{
-	  if (reload_in_progress || reload_completed)
+	  if (no_new_pseudos)
 	    abort ();
 	  else
 	    reg = gen_reg_rtx (Pmode);
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ legitimize_pic_address (orig, mode, reg)
 
       if (reg == 0)
 	{
-	  if (reload_in_progress || reload_completed)
+	  if (no_new_pseudos)
 	    abort ();
 	  else
 	    reg = gen_reg_rtx (Pmode);
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ legitimize_pic_address (orig, mode, reg)
 	     test the index for the appropriate mode.  */
 	  GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_INDEX (mode, 0, offset, win);
 
-	  if (! reload_in_progress && ! reload_completed)
+	  if (! no_new_pseudos)
 	    offset = force_reg (Pmode, offset);
 	  else
 	    abort ();