diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index f51730a1f4b4..6c3518911b34 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-12-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	PR c++/38253
+	* gimplify.c (gimplify_init_constructor): Don't force constructor
+	into memory if there is just one nonzero element.
+
 2008-12-11  Sebastian Pop  <sebastian.pop@amd.com>
 
 	Fix testsuite/gfortran.dg/graphite/id-4.f90.
diff --git a/gcc/gimplify.c b/gcc/gimplify.c
index 607743b73f0e..e00024156f75 100644
--- a/gcc/gimplify.c
+++ b/gcc/gimplify.c
@@ -3610,7 +3610,9 @@ gimplify_init_constructor (tree *expr_p, gimple_seq *pre_p, gimple_seq *post_p,
 	    else
 	      align = TYPE_ALIGN (type);
 
-	    if (size > 0 && !can_move_by_pieces (size, align))
+	    if (size > 0
+		&& num_nonzero_elements > 1
+		&& !can_move_by_pieces (size, align))
 	      {
 		tree new_tree;