diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 08f8c66de13..4a7a5ea1592 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Fri Jul 27 00:33:35 EDT 2001  John Wehle  (john@feith.com)
+
+        * flow.c (redirect_edge_and_branch_force): Test
+	target->global_live_at_start.
+
 2001-07-26  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* simplify-rtx.c (avoid_constant_pool_reference): Export.
diff --git a/gcc/flow.c b/gcc/flow.c
index 248d4296fb4..a4b2ae1a864 100644
--- a/gcc/flow.c
+++ b/gcc/flow.c
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@ redirect_edge_and_branch_force (e, target)
   new_edge->probability = e->probability;
   new_edge->count = e->count;
 
-  if (e->dest->global_live_at_start)
+  if (target->global_live_at_start)
     {
       new_bb->global_live_at_start = OBSTACK_ALLOC_REG_SET (&flow_obstack);
       new_bb->global_live_at_end = OBSTACK_ALLOC_REG_SET (&flow_obstack);