--- i386.c.orig	Sun Jan 13 20:55:17 2002
+++ i386.c	Mon Jan 14 22:50:09 2002
@@ -7507,9 +7507,8 @@
       else if (ALIGN_MODE_128 (TYPE_MODE (TREE_TYPE (exp))) && align < 128)
 	return 128;
     }
-  else if (TREE_CODE (exp) == STRING_CST && TREE_STRING_LENGTH (exp) >= 31
-	   && align < 256)
-    return 256;
+  else if (TREE_CODE (exp) == STRING_CST && align < BITS_PER_WORD)
+    return BITS_PER_WORD;
 
   return align;
 }