#1 0x08379f8f in gen_binary (code=EQ, mode=VOIDmode, op0=0x4012a538, op1=0x4012a540) at ../../cvs/gcc/gcc/combine.c:10193 I'd recommend doing the fix here and having it say very early: if (GET_CODE (op0) == CLOBBER) return op0; else if (GET_CODE (op1) == CLOBBER) return op1;