diff --git a/gcc/optabs.c b/gcc/optabs.c
index 65fd00871e2..cabab7f449e 100644
--- a/gcc/optabs.c
+++ b/gcc/optabs.c
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ expand_binop (mode, binoptab, op0, op1, target, unsignedp, methods)
 	  abort ();
 	}
 
-      seq = gen_sequence ();
+      seq = get_insns ();
       end_sequence ();
 
       if (binoptab->code != UNKNOWN)