diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index be9aee1122f..5258cecc3d5 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-21  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* reload1.c (reload): Use delete_insn instead of splatting
+	NOTE_INSN_DELETED.
+
 2001-09-21  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* reload.c (push_secondary_reload): Don't check for "=" in output
diff --git a/gcc/reload1.c b/gcc/reload1.c
index 1636337281e..9ba07355a8b 100644
--- a/gcc/reload1.c
+++ b/gcc/reload1.c
@@ -1188,9 +1188,7 @@ reload (first, global)
 		&& (GET_CODE (XEXP (PATTERN (insn), 0)) != REG
 		    || ! REG_FUNCTION_VALUE_P (XEXP (PATTERN (insn), 0)))))
 	  {
-	    PUT_CODE (insn, NOTE);
-	    NOTE_SOURCE_FILE (insn) = 0;
-	    NOTE_LINE_NUMBER (insn) = NOTE_INSN_DELETED;
+	    delete_insn (insn);
 	    continue;
 	  }