diff --git a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
index 858246061be0368bd10ed8936e385784d4815cfe..030232b40e90997aade2f3145a3e69f0f057e2cc 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/cp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-16  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/33819
+	* typeck.c (is_bitfield_expr_with_lowered_type): Recurse
+	for conversions to type variants.
+
 2008-01-15  Andreas Tobler  <a.tobler@schweiz.org>
 
 	* parser.c (cp_parser_template_parameter): Fix C90 issue with mixing
diff --git a/gcc/cp/typeck.c b/gcc/cp/typeck.c
index 50a844a95e0e0bec31b6e74c26b9a0dfb51d0210..655763772f9726d0640707fddcbc90a239808ac2 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/typeck.c
+++ b/gcc/cp/typeck.c
@@ -1445,6 +1445,13 @@ is_bitfield_expr_with_lowered_type (const_tree exp)
 	return DECL_BIT_FIELD_TYPE (field);
       }
 
+    case NOP_EXPR:
+    case CONVERT_EXPR:
+      if (TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (TREE_TYPE (TREE_OPERAND (exp, 0)))
+	  == TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT (TREE_TYPE (exp)))
+	return is_bitfield_expr_with_lowered_type (TREE_OPERAND (exp, 0));
+      /* Fallthrough.  */
+
     default:
       return NULL_TREE;
     }
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index b69ff98543974e324080e2d1552193d4337d40c9..e2748361e74155cfba08dedd4786fdb4ffc4d863 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-01-16  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	PR c++/33819
+	* g++.dg/torture/pr33819.C: New testcase.
+
 2008-01-16  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR c/34768
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr33819.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr33819.C
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2f868daee3c06b10ce324da269ecb38e811e251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/torture/pr33819.C
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* { dg-do run } */
+
+class s
+{
+public:
+  s(long long aa) : a(aa), i1(0) { }
+  long long id() const { return (this->a << 16) >> 16; }
+  bool operator< (s sv) { return this->a < sv.id(); }
+private:
+  long long a : 48;
+  int i1 : 16;
+};
+s g(1);
+extern "C" void abort (void);
+int
+main(int, char**)
+{
+  if (g < (1LL << 38) - 1)
+    return 0;
+  abort ();
+}
+