diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9a199810d5c0..1801df9a94af 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-01-03  Steven Bosscher  <stevenb@suse.de>
+
+	* passes.c (rest_of_compilation): Don't run regmove if only
+	flag_expensive_optimizations, require flag_regmove instead.
+
 2005-01-03  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>
 
 	* config/sparc/litecoff.h (TARGET_OS_CPP_BUILTINS): Do not
diff --git a/gcc/passes.c b/gcc/passes.c
index 5e808e923080..1dc45ff643eb 100644
--- a/gcc/passes.c
+++ b/gcc/passes.c
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ rest_of_compilation (void)
       && !user_defined_section_attribute)
     rest_of_handle_partition_blocks ();
 
-  if (optimize > 0 && (flag_regmove || flag_expensive_optimizations))
+  if (optimize > 0 && flag_regmove)
     rest_of_handle_regmove ();
 
   /* Do unconditional splitting before register allocation to allow machine