diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 93b902d0ad8153207aa51fb46a587e8c0f2b85d3..e0c4c105b134fd47cecc8864f644d0ff27f88e85 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-08-16  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* varasm.c (force_const_mem): Keep pool alignment in bits.
+	(output_constant_pool): Use assemble_align.
+
 2001-08-16  Zack Weinberg  <zackw@panix.com>
 
 	* doc/tm.texi: Remove extra @table command.
diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index 57c3aab07a45ee61c750e80d3c7506dbdb3a9afb..4a65020abb7710d6bd0dfc04952c4f731a254dc6 100644
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -3513,16 +3513,14 @@ force_const_mem (mode, x)
       const_rtx_hash_table[hash] = desc;
 
       /* Align the location counter as required by EXP's data type.  */
-      align = (mode == VOIDmode) ? UNITS_PER_WORD : GET_MODE_SIZE (mode);
-      if (align > BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT / BITS_PER_UNIT)
-	align = BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT / BITS_PER_UNIT;
+      align = GET_MODE_ALIGNMENT (mode == VOIDmode ? word_mode : mode);
 #ifdef CONSTANT_ALIGNMENT
       align = CONSTANT_ALIGNMENT (make_tree (type_for_mode (mode, 0), x),
-				 align * BITS_PER_UNIT) / BITS_PER_UNIT;
+				  align);
 #endif
 
-      pool_offset += align - 1;
-      pool_offset &= ~ (align - 1);
+      pool_offset += (align / BITS_PER_UNIT) - 1;
+      pool_offset &= ~ ((align / BITS_PER_UNIT) - 1);
 
       if (GET_CODE (x) == LABEL_REF)
 	LABEL_PRESERVE_P (XEXP (x, 0)) = 1;
@@ -3731,8 +3729,7 @@ output_constant_pool (fnname, fndecl)
 				     pool->align, pool->labelno, done);
 #endif
 
-      if (pool->align > 1)
-	ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (asm_out_file, floor_log2 (pool->align));
+      assemble_align (pool->align);
 
       /* Output the label.  */
       ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL (asm_out_file, "LC", pool->labelno);