diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1bcc3b1d3a6..3d33992060a 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-02-21  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* config/i386/winnt.c (i386_pe_asm_output_aligned_decl_common): Revert
+	accidental and undocumented change at revision 140860.
+
 2009-02-21  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* config/arm/arm.c (arm_gimplify_va_arg_expr): Update prototype to
diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/winnt.c b/gcc/config/i386/winnt.c
index c9bbbfa95d0..ae9196c596f 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/winnt.c
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/winnt.c
@@ -508,8 +508,7 @@ i386_pe_asm_output_aligned_decl_common (FILE *stream, tree decl,
   
   i386_pe_maybe_record_exported_symbol (decl, name, 1);
 
-  switch_to_section (bss_section);
-  fprintf (stream, "\t.balign %d\n\t.comm \t", ((int) align) / BITS_PER_UNIT);
+  fprintf (stream, "\t.comm\t");
   assemble_name (stream, name);
   fprintf (stream, ", " HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC "\t" ASM_COMMENT_START
 	   " " HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC "\n",