https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69941
--- Comment #3 from ktkachov at gcc dot gnu.org --- Sorry, here's the standalone testcase using __builtin_abort: int a = 0; int b = 0; int c = 0; int e = 0; int f = 0; int *g = &e; int fn1() { return b ? a : b; } int main() { int h = fn1() <= 0x8000000000000000ULL; // h = 1; int k = f; // k = 0; long i = h ? k : k / h; // i = 0; long l = (unsigned short)(i - 0x1800); // l = 0xe800 i = l ? l : c; // i = 0xe800; *g = i; // *g = 0xe800; e = 0xe800; unsigned char result = e >> 9; // result = 0x74; if ((int)result != 0x74) __builtin_abort (); return 0; } This aborts on aarch64 at -O1, and doesn't abort at -O0. As mentioned before, this bug goes latent with r232540, so you need a revision before that