diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index d36393e10b3f..4d1d88dcbcb4 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-09-22  Hariharan Sandanagobalane <hariharan@picochip.com>
+
+	* config/picochip/picochip.md (movhicc): Use expand to check whether
+	movhicc is available and split it after reload.
+
 2010-09-22  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* tree-ssanames.c (release_dead_ssa_names): Do not remove
diff --git a/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.md b/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.md
index 6186eaa880b7..b274c1ac77e1 100644
--- a/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.md
+++ b/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.md
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@
 
 ; Match a branch instruction, created from a tstport/cbranch split.
 ; We use a "use" clause so GCC doesnt try to use this pattern generally.
-(define_insn "*branch"
+(define_insn "branch"
   [(set (pc)
         (if_then_else
             (match_operator 2 "comparison_operator"
@@ -2511,22 +2511,38 @@
 ;;============================================================================
 
 ;; Define expand seems to consider the resulting two instructions to be
-;; independent. It was moving the actual copy instruction further down
-;; with a call instruction in between. The call was clobbering the CC
-;; and hence the cond_copy was wrong. With a split, it works correctly.
+;; independent. With a split, guarded by reload, it works correctly.
 (define_expand "movhicc"
-  [(set (reg:CC CC_REGNUM) (match_operand 1 "comparison_operator" ""))
-   (parallel [(set (match_operand:HI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
-                   (if_then_else:HI (match_op_dup:HI 1 [(reg:CC CC_REGNUM) (const_int 0)])
-                                 (match_operand:HI 2 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "0,0")
-                                 (match_operand:HI 3 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "r,i")))
-              (use (match_dup 4))])]
+   [(set (match_operand:HI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
+                   (if_then_else:HI (match_operand:HI 1 "" "")
+		   (match_operand:HI 2 "register_operand" "0,0")
+		   (match_operand:HI 3 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "r,i")))]
   ""
   {if (!picochip_check_conditional_copy (operands))
      FAIL;
    operands[4] = GEN_INT(GET_CODE(operands[1]));
   })
 
+(define_insn_and_split "*checked_movhicc"
+   [(set (match_operand:HI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
+                   (if_then_else:HI (match_operator 1 "picochip_peephole_comparison_operator"
+                          [(match_operand:HI 4 "register_operand" "r,r")
+                           (match_operand:HI 5 "picochip_comparison_operand" "r,i")])
+		   (match_operand:HI 2 "register_operand" "0,0")
+		   (match_operand:HI 3 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "r,i")))]
+  ""
+  "#"
+  "reload_completed"
+  [(set (reg:CC CC_REGNUM) (match_dup 1))
+   (parallel [(set (match_operand:HI 0 "register_operand" "=r,r")
+                   (if_then_else:HI (match_op_dup:HI 1 [(reg:CC CC_REGNUM) (const_int 0)])
+                                 (match_operand:HI 2 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "0,0")
+                                 (match_operand:HI 3 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "r,i")))
+              (use (match_dup 6))])]
+  "{
+     operands[6] = GEN_INT(GET_CODE(operands[0]));
+   }")
+
 ;; We dont do any checks here. But this pattern is used only when movhicc 
 ;; was checked. Put a "use" clause to make sure.
 (define_insn "*conditional_copy"
@@ -2534,7 +2550,7 @@
 	(if_then_else:HI
             (match_operator:HI 4 "picochip_peephole_comparison_operator"
                  [(reg:CC CC_REGNUM) (const_int 0)])
-	 (match_operand:HI 1 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "0,0")
+	 (match_operand:HI 1 "register_operand" "0,0")
 	 (match_operand:HI 2 "picochip_register_or_immediate_operand" "r,i")))
    (use (match_operand:HI 3 "const_int_operand" ""))]
   ""