diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1bc1f04dc7f5a94850d229311886491ff5dd8473..17e513fd95940b34c1f16bb35ffebd4890988e7c 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-10-20  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* tree-ssa-dce.c (eliminate_unnecessary_stmts): Don't regard
+	the removal of a debug stmt as a significant change.
+
 2009-10-20  Wolfgang Gellerich  <gellerich@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* config/s390/s390.md: Added agen condition to operand
diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c b/gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c
index 7dd07c1ca2c780ed5e998713967e92ea7d31e72a..f0135a9c42d57546f833c5f8c40e2f0960dcfd9b 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-dce.c
@@ -1129,8 +1129,9 @@ eliminate_unnecessary_stmts (void)
 	  /* If GSI is not necessary then remove it.  */
 	  if (!gimple_plf (stmt, STMT_NECESSARY))
 	    {
+	      if (!is_gimple_debug (stmt))
+		something_changed = true;
 	      remove_dead_stmt (&gsi, bb);
-	      something_changed = true;
 	    }
 	  else if (is_gimple_call (stmt))
 	    {