diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 0d7daa027d8..f8cacb77310 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-03-08  Roger Sayle  <roger@eyesopen.com>
+
+	* emit-rtl.c (gen_lowpart): Don't attempt to load a part of
+	a complex or vector type, using a load in the original mode.
+
 Sat Mar  8 19:22:30 CET 2003  Jan Hubicka  <jh@suse.cz>
 
 	* Makefile.in (cgraph.o): Depend on gt-cgraph.h and varray.h.
diff --git a/gcc/emit-rtl.c b/gcc/emit-rtl.c
index c96bc4e200e..9ba85396901 100644
--- a/gcc/emit-rtl.c
+++ b/gcc/emit-rtl.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ gen_lowpart (mode, x)
 
       /* The following exposes the use of "x" to CSE.  */
       if (GET_MODE_SIZE (GET_MODE (x)) <= UNITS_PER_WORD
+	  && SCALAR_INT_MODE_P (GET_MODE (x))
 	  && ! no_new_pseudos)
 	return gen_lowpart (mode, force_reg (GET_MODE (x), x));