https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98957
--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The first change is during cse1: (insn 10 9 11 2 (parallel [ (set (reg:HI 90) (and:HI (subreg:HI (reg:QI 89) 0) (const_int 1 [0x1]))) (clobber (reg:CC 17 flags)) ]) "pr98957.c":3:14 489 {*andhi_1} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:QI 89) (expr_list:REG_UNUSED (reg:CC 17 flags) (nil)))) (insn 11 10 12 2 (set (reg:QI 86) (subreg:QI (reg:HI 90) 0)) "pr98957.c":3:14 77 {*movqi_internal} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:HI 90) (nil))) (insn 12 11 16 2 (set (reg:QI 83 [ <retval> ]) (subreg:QI (reg:HI 90) 0)) "pr98957.c":3:14 77 {*movqi_internal} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:QI 86) (nil))) (insn 16 12 17 2 (set (reg/i:QI 0 ax) - (subreg:QI (reg:HI 90) 0)) "pr98957.c":4:1 77 {*movqi_internal} + (reg:QI 86)) "pr98957.c":4:1 77 {*movqi_internal} (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:QI 83 [ <retval> ]) (nil))) and that then changes how combine handles it.