diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 25d45d6b3efee551aade8271ad772451dc127c9f..479e8e8d0b12958a8747bb496f6e9d3363b7f880 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-17  Daniel Berlin  <dberlin@dberlin.org>
+
+	Fix PR tree-optimization/26341
+	* tree-ssa-operands.c (add_virtual_operand): Remove assert 
+	about NAME_MEMORY_TAG's.
+
 2006-02-17  John David Anglin  <dave.anglin@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
 
 	PR target/26255
diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-operands.c b/gcc/tree-ssa-operands.c
index 3318b0ece28dfe94e0735d4a2b222dd77498d36e..01ca06bddc281fb86074e8b3619a0d6c2d9b8502 100644
--- a/gcc/tree-ssa-operands.c
+++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-operands.c
@@ -1847,13 +1847,7 @@ add_virtual_operand (tree var, stmt_ann_t s_ann, int flags,
 	     aliases will link up properly with calls.   */
 	  if (v_ann->is_alias_tag || none_added
 	      || (TREE_CODE (var) == TYPE_MEMORY_TAG && for_clobber))
-	    {
-	      /* We should never end up with adding no aliases of an
-		 NMT, as that would imply we got the set wrong.  */
-	      gcc_assert (!(none_added && TREE_CODE (var) == NAME_MEMORY_TAG));
-	      
-	      append_v_may_def (var);
-	    }
+	    append_v_may_def (var);
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -1869,11 +1863,7 @@ add_virtual_operand (tree var, stmt_ann_t s_ann, int flags,
 	  /* Similarly, append a virtual uses for VAR itself, when
 	     it is an alias tag.  */
 	  if (v_ann->is_alias_tag || none_added)
-	    {
-	      gcc_assert (!(none_added && TREE_CODE (var) == NAME_MEMORY_TAG));
-
-	      append_vuse (var);
-	    }
+	    append_vuse (var);
 	}
     }
 }