diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d483c86e02b336eb9e893513038c93a1133e83a5..fd7492607e63c857614f01679d72c3b9bdea28cd 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Dec 22 23:58:31 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
+
+	* reload1.c (emit_reload_insns): Check `set' not null before use.
+
 Tue Dec 22 15:15:45 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
 
 	* rtlanal.c (multiple_sets): Change type of 'found' from 'rtx' to
diff --git a/gcc/reload1.c b/gcc/reload1.c
index fb740aa0f882e6c385e18c369b460997ad104a05..e8bb5fe3e535f9682c748006ae78e7c18c1f88ab 100644
--- a/gcc/reload1.c
+++ b/gcc/reload1.c
@@ -7507,7 +7507,7 @@ emit_reload_insns (chain)
 	      if (! src_reg)
 		{
 		  rtx set = single_set (insn);
-		  if (SET_DEST (set) == reload_out[r])
+		  if (set && SET_DEST (set) == reload_out[r])
 		    {
 		      int k;