1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/extract-dbl.c b/extract-dbl.c
index ebd477344..0699a7fa4 100644
--- a/extract-dbl.c
+++ b/extract-dbl.c
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ __gmp_extract_double (rp, d)
 
 #if _GMP_IEEE_FLOATS
   {
+#if defined (__alpha) && __GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 8
+    /* Work around alpha-specific bug in GCC 2.8.x.  */
+    volatile
+#endif
     union ieee_double_extract x;
     x.d = d;
     exp = x.s.exp;