diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 46311ca507d..51f39320ebd 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-25  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/basic_string.tcc (assign(const _CharT*, size_type)):
+	Adjust bit missing from the previous commit.
+
 2004-10-25  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
 
 	PR other/18138
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
index 40634978712..51fe9f55472 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ namespace std
 	  // Work in-place.
 	  const size_type __pos = __s - _M_data();
 	  if (__pos >= __n)
-	    traits_type::copy(_M_data(), __s, __n);
+	    _M_copy(_M_data(), __s, __n);
 	  else if (__pos)
-	    traits_type::move(_M_data(), __s, __n);
+	    _M_move(_M_data(), __s, __n);
 	  _M_rep()->_M_set_length_and_sharable(__n);
 	  return *this;
 	}