diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9bff84f653c3..a3015093f73e 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-16  Steven Bosscher  <stevenb@suse.de>
+
+	* ggc-page.c (ggc_alloc_stat): Use __builtin_ctzl instead of a
+	loop to look for a free slot in a page entry.
+
 2005-01-16  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
 	PR target/16304
diff --git a/gcc/ggc-page.c b/gcc/ggc-page.c
index e0dfb1610d40..362bfe19763c 100644
--- a/gcc/ggc-page.c
+++ b/gcc/ggc-page.c
@@ -1139,8 +1139,14 @@ ggc_alloc_stat (size_t size MEM_STAT_DECL)
 	  word = bit = 0;
 	  while (~entry->in_use_p[word] == 0)
 	    ++word;
+
+#if GCC_VERSION >= 3004
+	  bit = __builtin_ctzl (~entry->in_use_p[word]);
+#else
 	  while ((entry->in_use_p[word] >> bit) & 1)
 	    ++bit;
+#endif
+
 	  hint = word * HOST_BITS_PER_LONG + bit;
 	}