diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 00ce4bd434847b63978d9e57c24d9e20efa596c2..d363794c0768596c77ab4251e765ecf01d35d6e7 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-24  Franz Sirl  <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
+
+	* loop.c (check_dbra_loop): A biv has uses besides counting if it is
+	used to set another biv.
+
 Sat Feb 24 06:45:21 2001  Richard Kenner  <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
 
 	* tree.h (BLOCK_DEAD): New macro.
diff --git a/gcc/loop.c b/gcc/loop.c
index 252e27eb087739e4510fd813c399fe8dca294911..7eb4d0df4502615b6bff8ba228efb6ec18595e0b 100644
--- a/gcc/loop.c
+++ b/gcc/loop.c
@@ -7259,6 +7259,7 @@ check_dbra_loop (loop, insn_count)
       if (bl->giv_count == 0 && ! loop->exit_count)
 	{
 	  rtx bivreg = regno_reg_rtx[bl->regno];
+	  struct iv_class *blt;
 
 	  /* If there are no givs for this biv, and the only exit is the
 	     fall through at the end of the loop, then
@@ -7295,6 +7296,14 @@ check_dbra_loop (loop, insn_count)
 		    break;
 		  }
 	      }
+
+	  /* A biv has uses besides counting if it is used to set another biv.  */
+	  for (blt = ivs->list; blt; blt = blt->next)
+	    if (blt->init_set && reg_mentioned_p (bivreg, SET_SRC (blt->init_set)))
+	      {
+		no_use_except_counting = 0;
+		break;
+	      }
 	}
 
       if (no_use_except_counting)