http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52406
--- Comment #3 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-28 10:14:57 UTC --- Indeed, it is pcom that breaks it. Before pcom we have: MEM[(int *)&a + 4B] = 1; D.1723_6 = a[1].f1; but pcom doesn't consider the first store to be possibly affecting the load: a_I_f1_lsm0.14_26 = a[1].f1; <bb 5>: # d_lsm0.12_12 = PHI <d_lsm0.12_18(6), d.13_5(4)> MEM[(int *)&a + 4B] = 1; D.1723_6 = a_I_f1_lsm0.14_26;