diff --git a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
index 5e16b56217c06d9f5869d21490c29594d230e8b6..20ab185d5778a214a36344cab3f509b49f34c454 100644
--- a/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
+++ b/gcc/ada/gcc-interface/decl.cc
@@ -5114,7 +5114,7 @@ inline_status_for_subprog (Entity_Id subprog)
       tree gnu_type;
 
       /* This is a kludge to work around a pass ordering issue: for small
-	 record types with many components, i.e. typically bit-fields, the
+	 record types with many components, i.e. typically bitfields, the
 	 initialization routine can contain many assignments that will be
 	 merged by the GIMPLE store merging pass.  But this pass runs very
 	 late in the pipeline, in particular after the inlining decisions
@@ -7702,6 +7702,18 @@ gnat_to_gnu_field (Entity_Id gnat_field, tree gnu_record_type, int packed,
       gnu_field_type = maybe_pad_type (gnu_field_type, gnu_size, 0, gnat_field,
 				       false, definition, true);
 
+      /* For a bitfield, if the type still has BLKmode, try again to change it
+	 to an integral mode form.  This may be necessary on strict-alignment
+	 platforms with a size clause that is much larger than the field type,
+	 because maybe_pad_type has preserved the alignment of the field type,
+	 which may be too low for the new size.  */
+      if (!needs_strict_alignment
+	  && RECORD_OR_UNION_TYPE_P (gnu_field_type)
+	  && !TYPE_FAT_POINTER_P (gnu_field_type)
+	  && TYPE_MODE (gnu_field_type) == BLKmode
+	  && is_bitfield)
+	gnu_field_type = make_packable_type (gnu_field_type, true, 1);
+
       /* If a padding record was made, declare it now since it will never be
 	 declared otherwise.  This is necessary to ensure that its subtrees
 	 are properly marked.  */