diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 48f39f4da21f..668dd5e19d48 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-06-06  Jason Merrill  <jason@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/49134
+	* tree.c (build_target_expr): Deal with ARM ABI tweaks.
+
 2011-06-04  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
 
 	* init.c (build_delete): Warn when deleting type with non-virtual
diff --git a/gcc/cp/tree.c b/gcc/cp/tree.c
index 11e195ea5819..025fe2d1d1f0 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/tree.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/tree.c
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ build_target_expr (tree decl, tree value, tsubst_flags_t complain)
 #ifdef ENABLE_CHECKING
   gcc_assert (VOID_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (value))
 	      || TREE_TYPE (decl) == TREE_TYPE (value)
+	      /* On ARM ctors return 'this'.  */
+	      || (TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (value)) == POINTER_TYPE
+		  && TREE_CODE (value) == CALL_EXPR)
 	      || useless_type_conversion_p (TREE_TYPE (decl),
 					    TREE_TYPE (value)));
 #endif