http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49444
--- Comment #3 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-06-16 21:10:18 UTC --- Something like this: Index: tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c =================================================================== --- tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c (revision 61384) +++ tree-ssa-loop-ivopts.c (working copy) @@ -6066,6 +6066,8 @@ rewrite_use_address (struct ivopts_data tree base_hint = NULL_TREE; tree ref, iv; bool ok; + unsigned align; + tree type; adjust_iv_update_pos (cand, use); ok = get_computation_aff (data->current_loop, use, cand, use->stmt, &aff); @@ -6087,7 +6089,10 @@ rewrite_use_address (struct ivopts_data base_hint = var_at_stmt (data->current_loop, cand, use->stmt); iv = var_at_stmt (data->current_loop, cand, use->stmt); - ref = create_mem_ref (&bsi, TREE_TYPE (*use->op_p), &aff, + align = get_object_alignment (*use->op_p, BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT); + type = TREE_TYPE (*use->op_p); + type = build_aligned_type (type, align); + ref = create_mem_ref (&bsi, type, &aff, reference_alias_ptr_type (*use->op_p), iv, base_hint, data->speed); copy_ref_info (ref, *use->op_p);