diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9e5b12a10b4..af1fdbbe3a8 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Dec  5 18:48:25 1998  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com>
+
+	* alpha.c (alpha_emit_set_const_1): Fix parenthesis error
+	in -c << n case.
+
 Sat Dec  5 15:14:52 1998  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
 
 	* i960.h (BOOL_TYPE_SIZE): Define.
diff --git a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
index 04a5c402da2..56aadf6d2b5 100644
--- a/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
+++ b/gcc/config/alpha/alpha.c
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ alpha_emit_set_const_1 (target, mode, c, n)
 	for (; bits > 0; bits--)
 	  if ((temp = (alpha_emit_set_const
 		       (subtarget, mode,
-			(unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) c >> bits, i))) != 0
+			(unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) (c >> bits), i))) != 0
 	      || ((temp = (alpha_emit_set_const
 			  (subtarget, mode,
 			   ((unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT) c) >> bits, i)))