diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 0f0c5e5655..dbfde1e3cf 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-03-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* config/m68k-parse.y (yylex): Use temp_ilp and restore_ilp.
+
 2019-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/i386/att-regs.d: Pass -O0 to assembler.
diff --git a/gas/config/m68k-parse.y b/gas/config/m68k-parse.y
index f771f09cd1..8bc96d13d1 100644
--- a/gas/config/m68k-parse.y
+++ b/gas/config/m68k-parse.y
@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@ yylex (void)
   int parens;
   int c = 0;
   int tail = 0;
-  char *hold;
 
   if (*str == ' ')
     ++str;
@@ -913,11 +912,10 @@ yylex (void)
 
 	  ++s;
 
-	  hold = input_line_pointer;
-	  input_line_pointer = s;
+	  temp_ilp (s);
 	  expression (&scale);
 	  s = input_line_pointer;
-	  input_line_pointer = hold;
+	  restore_ilp ();
 
 	  if (scale.X_op != O_constant)
 	    yyerror (_("scale specification must resolve to a number"));
@@ -1071,11 +1069,10 @@ yylex (void)
       s[-tail] = 0;
     }
 
-  hold = input_line_pointer;
-  input_line_pointer = str;
+  temp_ilp (str);
   expression (&yylval.exp.exp);
   str = input_line_pointer;
-  input_line_pointer = hold;
+  restore_ilp ();
 
   if (tail != 0)
     {