diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
index c833e11a9f4223a5e6254b50a1598549e9d69693..39e11f7292c627c795f0cb66ffa20bcb579ff85e 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ reg_not_elim_operand (op, mode)
   return register_operand (op, mode);
 }
 
-/* Return 1 is OP is a memory location that is not an reference (using
+/* Return 1 is OP is a memory location that is not a reference (using
    an AND) to an unaligned location.  Take into account what reload
    will do.  */
 
@@ -871,6 +871,20 @@ normal_memory_operand (op, mode)
 
   return GET_CODE (op) == MEM && GET_CODE (XEXP (op, 0)) != AND;
 }
+
+/* Accept a register, but not a subreg of any kind.  This allows us to
+   avoid pathological cases in reload wrt data movement common in 
+   int->fp conversion.  */
+
+int
+reg_no_subreg_operand (op, mode)
+     register rtx op;
+     enum machine_mode mode;
+{
+  if (GET_CODE (op) == SUBREG)
+    return 0;
+  return register_operand (op, mode);
+}
 
 /* Return 1 if this function can directly return via $26.  */
 
diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h
index 4587bbf96f0d708dbeb868f2fb27921a0cebd067..c2eecefe9b460793f8499990d85c8fc46fa01889 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.h
@@ -2321,7 +2321,8 @@ do {									\
   {"reg_or_unaligned_mem_operand", {SUBREG, REG, MEM}},			\
   {"any_memory_operand", {MEM}},					\
   {"hard_fp_register_operand", {SUBREG, REG}},				\
-  {"reg_not_elim_operand", {SUBREG, REG}},
+  {"reg_not_elim_operand", {SUBREG, REG}},				\
+  {"reg_no_subreg_operand", {REG}},
 
 /* Tell collect that the object format is ECOFF.  */
 #define OBJECT_FORMAT_COFF
diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.md b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.md
index 55bdc11c5513d554cf50a46efb55faf0e645d436..838cff0a998c2dc10ac0d35f97ad623af0c42805 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.md
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.md
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@
 
 (define_insn ""
   [(set (match_operand:SF 0 "register_operand" "=&f")
-	(float:SF (match_operand:DI 1 "register_operand" "f")))]
+	(float:SF (match_operand:DI 1 "reg_no_subreg_operand" "f")))]
   "TARGET_FP && alpha_tp == ALPHA_TP_INSN"
   "cvtq%,%+%& %1,%0"
   [(set_attr "type" "fadd")
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@
 
 (define_insn "floatdisf2"
   [(set (match_operand:SF 0 "register_operand" "=f")
-	(float:SF (match_operand:DI 1 "register_operand" "f")))]
+	(float:SF (match_operand:DI 1 "reg_no_subreg_operand" "f")))]
   "TARGET_FP"
   "cvtq%,%+%& %1,%0"
   [(set_attr "type" "fadd")
@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@
 
 (define_insn ""
   [(set (match_operand:DF 0 "register_operand" "=&f")
-	(float:DF (match_operand:DI 1 "register_operand" "f")))]
+	(float:DF (match_operand:DI 1 "reg_no_subreg_operand" "f")))]
   "TARGET_FP && alpha_tp == ALPHA_TP_INSN"
   "cvtq%-%+%& %1,%0"
   [(set_attr "type" "fadd")
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@
 
 (define_insn "floatdidf2"
   [(set (match_operand:DF 0 "register_operand" "=f")
-	(float:DF (match_operand:DI 1 "register_operand" "f")))]
+	(float:DF (match_operand:DI 1 "reg_no_subreg_operand" "f")))]
   "TARGET_FP"
   "cvtq%-%+%& %1,%0"
   [(set_attr "type" "fadd")