diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 6a59bd51ae1373f3ee192f95e08add45fd293322..6319ca9203903559e94ae1a2aaffeaf84c411202 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-12-04  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
+
+	* tree-ssa-alias.c (ref_maybe_used_by_call_p_1): Handle
+	BUILT_IN_MALLOC.
+	(call_may_clobber_ref_p_1): Likewise.
+
 2009-12-04  Matthias Klose  <doko@ubuntu.com>
 	    John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-alias.c b/gcc/tree-ssa-alias.c
index e7137087625f7719ab68efcf1b36ddb2926da4d8..cbb43b5bfea3bc746a3b7853ad17b5b7c4e87442 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-ssa-alias.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-alias.c
@@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ ref_maybe_used_by_call_p_1 (gimple call, ao_ref *ref)
 	  }
 	/* The following builtins do not read from memory.  */
 	case BUILT_IN_FREE:
+	case BUILT_IN_MALLOC:
 	case BUILT_IN_MEMSET:
 	case BUILT_IN_FREXP:
 	case BUILT_IN_FREXPF:
@@ -1187,6 +1188,10 @@ call_may_clobber_ref_p_1 (gimple call, ao_ref *ref)
 					   size);
 	    return refs_may_alias_p_1 (&dref, ref, false);
 	  }
+	/* Allocating memory does not have any side-effects apart from
+	   being the definition point for the pointer.  */
+	case BUILT_IN_MALLOC:
+	  return false;
 	/* Freeing memory kills the pointed-to memory.  More importantly
 	   the call has to serve as a barrier for moving loads and stores
 	   across it.  */