1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/insert-dbl.c b/insert-dbl.c
index 3511f95fa..2fd689502 100644
--- a/insert-dbl.c
+++ b/insert-dbl.c
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ __gmp_scale2 (d, exp)
 {
 #if _GMP_IEEE_FLOATS
   {
+#if defined (__alpha) && __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 8
+    /* Work around alpha-specific bug in GCC 2.8.x.  */
+    volatile
+#endif
     union ieee_double_extract x;
     x.d = d;
     exp += x.s.exp;