diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 507a0c6b32a9..284cb61bc855 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-19  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@cs.umass.edu>
+
+	* expr.c (expand_expr_real_1) <MODIFY_EXPR>: Remove
+	unnecessary assignments to temp.  Return const0_rtx.
+
 2004-10-19  Kaz Kojima  <kkojima@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* config/sh/sh.c (sh5_schedule_saves): Fix typo.
diff --git a/gcc/expr.c b/gcc/expr.c
index 358a634eb859..ffcf078916a7 100644
--- a/gcc/expr.c
+++ b/gcc/expr.c
@@ -8067,8 +8067,6 @@ expand_expr_real_1 (tree exp, rtx target, enum machine_mode tmode,
 	tree lhs = TREE_OPERAND (exp, 0);
 	tree rhs = TREE_OPERAND (exp, 1);
 
-	temp = 0;
-
 	gcc_assert (ignore);
 
 	/* Check for |= or &= of a bitfield of size one into another bitfield
@@ -8102,9 +8100,9 @@ expand_expr_real_1 (tree exp, rtx target, enum machine_mode tmode,
 	    return const0_rtx;
 	  }
 
-	temp = expand_assignment (lhs, rhs, 0);
+	expand_assignment (lhs, rhs, 0);
 
-	return temp;
+	return const0_rtx;
       }
 
     case RETURN_EXPR: