diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 4fb5057eb6a..4197c182ed4 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-01-25  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	PR target/51968
+	* config/arm/arm.c (neon_split_vcombine): Emit deleted note
+	to effect no-op split.
+
 2012-01-24  Aldy Hernandez  <aldyh@redhat.com>
 	    Patrick Marlier  <patrick.marlier@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index 8f1412a8a3c..4a94145d4aa 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -20928,7 +20928,11 @@ neon_split_vcombine (rtx operands[3])
   rtx destlo, desthi;
 
   if (src1 == dest && src2 == dest + halfregs)
-    return;
+    {
+      /* No-op move.  Can't split to nothing; emit something.  */
+      emit_note (NOTE_INSN_DELETED);
+      return;
+    }
 
   /* Preserve register attributes for variable tracking.  */
   destlo = gen_rtx_REG_offset (operands[0], halfmode, dest, 0);
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr51968.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr51968.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0506c267fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr51968.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* PR target/51968 */
+/* { dg-do compile } */
+/* { dg-options "-O2 -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon" } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_neon_ok } */
+
+typedef __builtin_neon_qi int8x8_t __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (8)));
+typedef __builtin_neon_uqi uint8x8_t __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (8)));
+typedef __builtin_neon_qi int8x16_t __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16)));
+typedef __builtin_neon_hi int16x8_t __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16)));
+typedef __builtin_neon_si int32x4_t __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16)));
+struct T { int8x8_t val[2]; };
+int y;
+
+void
+foo (int8x8_t z, int8x8_t x, int16x8_t b, int8x8_t n)
+{
+  if (y)
+    {
+      struct T m;
+      __builtin_neon_vuzpv8qi (&m.val[0], z, x);
+    }
+  for (;;)
+    {
+      int8x16_t g;
+      int8x8_t h, j, k;
+      struct T m;
+      j = __builtin_neon_vqmovunv8hi (b, 1);
+      g = __builtin_neon_vcombinev8qi (j, h);
+      k = __builtin_neon_vget_lowv16qi (g);
+      __builtin_neon_vuzpv8qi (&m.val[0], k, n);
+    }
+}