diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 86b2a3724eb2..f2aafc1e1000 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-11-18  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
+
+	PR fortran/27885
+	PR middle-end/28176
+	* stor-layout.c (set_sizetype): Limit precision of *bitsizetypes types
+	to MAX_FIXED_MODE_SIZE.
+
 2006-11-18  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* builtins.c (integer_valued_real_p): Handle fmin/fmax.
diff --git a/gcc/stor-layout.c b/gcc/stor-layout.c
index ccbf9f7f3199..94ea457c5a58 100644
--- a/gcc/stor-layout.c
+++ b/gcc/stor-layout.c
@@ -1941,7 +1941,8 @@ set_sizetype (tree type)
      calculating signed sizes / offsets in bits.  However, when
      cross-compiling from a 32 bit to a 64 bit host, we are limited to 64 bit
      precision.  */
-  int precision = MIN (oprecision + BITS_PER_UNIT_LOG + 1,
+  int precision = MIN (MIN (oprecision + BITS_PER_UNIT_LOG + 1,
+			    MAX_FIXED_MODE_SIZE),
 		       2 * HOST_BITS_PER_WIDE_INT);
   tree t;