diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 8526cfb6c88314fdb66692cab320abe7fa9203ce..66813dd26c1f948b08e3a1ab067cb5ac9687c954 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-03-11  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	PR target/14262
+	* calls.c (load_register_parameters): If BLOCK_REG_PADDING is not
+	defined, pass small BLKmode values in registers in the low-order part.
+
 2004-03-11  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* combine.c (if_then_else_cond): Check for NULL return value of
diff --git a/gcc/calls.c b/gcc/calls.c
index 4bfcde4f6e1bb8d5aa6f783c48cedcbd46553c48..29c06aa47723241ec98f22997a2bc9684b5194a2 100644
--- a/gcc/calls.c
+++ b/gcc/calls.c
@@ -1675,10 +1675,14 @@ load_register_parameters (struct arg_data *args, int num_actuals,
 	    {
 	      rtx mem = validize_mem (args[i].value);
 
-#ifdef BLOCK_REG_PADDING
 	      /* Handle a BLKmode that needs shifting.  */
 	      if (nregs == 1 && size < UNITS_PER_WORD
-		  && args[i].locate.where_pad == downward)
+#ifdef BLOCK_REG_PADDING
+		  && args[i].locate.where_pad == downward
+#else
+		  && BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN
+#endif
+		 )
 		{
 		  rtx tem = operand_subword_force (mem, 0, args[i].mode);
 		  rtx ri = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, REGNO (reg));
@@ -1693,7 +1697,6 @@ load_register_parameters (struct arg_data *args, int num_actuals,
 		    emit_move_insn (ri, x);
 		}
 	      else
-#endif
 		move_block_to_reg (REGNO (reg), mem, nregs, args[i].mode);
 	    }
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index da07a0408e901a5f6544c1ce9237edcc076e4294..fe5bb99a066cd72d5ff28315fcb58bcfdc6eab6b 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-03-11  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	PR target/14262
+	* gcc.dg/20040305-2.c: New test.
+
 2004-03-11  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* gcc.dg/20040310-1.c: New test.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20040305-2.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20040305-2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4a3ef9a19b0a9e0ecb34a1cdbfddc2c0cb356dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/20040305-2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* PR target/14262 */
+/* { dg-do run } */
+
+typedef char   ACS;
+typedef char   LSM;
+typedef char   PANEL;
+typedef char   DRIVE;
+typedef struct {
+    ACS             acs;
+    LSM             lsm;
+} LSMID;
+typedef struct {
+    LSMID           lsm_id;
+    PANEL           panel;
+} PANELID;
+typedef struct {
+    PANELID         panel_id;
+    DRIVE           drive;
+} DRIVEID;
+
+void sub (DRIVEID driveid)
+{
+  if (driveid.drive != 1)
+    abort ();
+  if (driveid.panel_id.panel != 2)
+    abort ();
+  if (driveid.panel_id.lsm_id.lsm != 3)
+    abort ();
+  if (driveid.panel_id.lsm_id.acs != 4)
+    abort ();
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+  DRIVEID driveid;
+
+  driveid.drive = 1;
+  driveid.panel_id.panel = 2;
+  driveid.panel_id.lsm_id.lsm = 3;
+  driveid.panel_id.lsm_id.acs = 4;
+
+  sub(driveid);
+}
+
+