diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 3d528ba7e44fc8102b543771a80576522f59533e..6a3e7cc78f04f2f97513190b6fdb0ad770ccb3bf 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+2013-11-15  Bill Schmidt  <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* config/rs6000/altivec.md (UNSPEC_VPERM_X, UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS_X):
+	Remove.
+	(altivec_vperm_<mode>): Revert earlier little endian change.
+	(*altivec_vperm_<mode>_internal): Remove.
+	(altivec_vperm_<mode>_uns): Revert earlier little endian change.
+	(*altivec_vperm_<mode>_uns_internal): Remove.
+	* config/rs6000/vector.md (vec_realign_load_<mode>): Revise
+	commentary.
+
 2013-11-15  Jeff Law  <law@redhat.com>
 
 	* basic-block.h (has_abnormal_or_eh_outgoing_edge): Renamed from
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/altivec.md b/gcc/config/rs6000/altivec.md
index 9f4b6a4b3928e10870d20727b3a7321643c69326..23a425e30cbd33188af0206971d97b91d58ae1f2 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/altivec.md
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/altivec.md
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@
    UNSPEC_VSUMSWS
    UNSPEC_VPERM
    UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS
-   UNSPEC_VPERM_X
-   UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS_X
    UNSPEC_VRFIN
    UNSPEC_VCFUX
    UNSPEC_VCFSX
@@ -1393,91 +1391,21 @@
   "vrfiz %0,%1"
   [(set_attr "type" "vecfloat")])
 
-(define_insn_and_split "altivec_vperm_<mode>"
+(define_insn "altivec_vperm_<mode>"
   [(set (match_operand:VM 0 "register_operand" "=v")
 	(unspec:VM [(match_operand:VM 1 "register_operand" "v")
 		    (match_operand:VM 2 "register_operand" "v")
 		    (match_operand:V16QI 3 "register_operand" "v")]
-		   UNSPEC_VPERM_X))]
-  "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
-  "#"
-  "!reload_in_progress && !reload_completed"
-  [(set (match_dup 0) (match_dup 4))]
-{
-  if (BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN)
-    operands[4] = gen_rtx_UNSPEC (<MODE>mode,
-                                  gen_rtvec (3, operands[1],
- 		                             operands[2], operands[3]),
-                                  UNSPEC_VPERM);
-  else
-    {
-      /* We want to subtract from 31, but we can't vspltisb 31 since
-         it's out of range.  -1 works as well because only the low-order
-         five bits of the permute control vector elements are used.  */
-      rtx splat = gen_rtx_VEC_DUPLICATE (V16QImode,
-                                         gen_rtx_CONST_INT (QImode, -1));
-      rtx tmp = gen_reg_rtx (V16QImode);
-      emit_move_insn (tmp, splat);
-      rtx sel = gen_rtx_MINUS (V16QImode, tmp, operands[3]);
-      emit_move_insn (tmp, sel);
-      operands[4] = gen_rtx_UNSPEC (<MODE>mode,
-                                    gen_rtvec (3, operands[2],
-		 		               operands[1], tmp),
-		                    UNSPEC_VPERM);
-    }
-}
-  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
-
-(define_insn "*altivec_vperm_<mode>_internal"
-  [(set (match_operand:VM 0 "register_operand" "=v")
-	(unspec:VM [(match_operand:VM 1 "register_operand" "v")
-		    (match_operand:VM 2 "register_operand" "v")
-		    (match_operand:V16QI 3 "register_operand" "+v")]
 		   UNSPEC_VPERM))]
   "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
   "vperm %0,%1,%2,%3"
   [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
 
-(define_insn_and_split "altivec_vperm_<mode>_uns"
+(define_insn "altivec_vperm_<mode>_uns"
   [(set (match_operand:VM 0 "register_operand" "=v")
 	(unspec:VM [(match_operand:VM 1 "register_operand" "v")
 		    (match_operand:VM 2 "register_operand" "v")
 		    (match_operand:V16QI 3 "register_operand" "v")]
-		   UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS_X))]
-  "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
-  "#"
-  "!reload_in_progress && !reload_completed"
-  [(set (match_dup 0) (match_dup 4))]
-{
-  if (BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN)
-    operands[4] = gen_rtx_UNSPEC (<MODE>mode,
-                                  gen_rtvec (3, operands[1],
-				             operands[2], operands[3]),
-                                  UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS);
-  else
-    {
-      /* We want to subtract from 31, but we can't vspltisb 31 since
-         it's out of range.  -1 works as well because only the low-order
-         five bits of the permute control vector elements are used.  */
-      rtx splat = gen_rtx_VEC_DUPLICATE (V16QImode,
-                                         gen_rtx_CONST_INT (QImode, -1));
-      rtx tmp = gen_reg_rtx (V16QImode);
-      emit_move_insn (tmp, splat);
-      rtx sel = gen_rtx_MINUS (V16QImode, tmp, operands[3]);
-      emit_move_insn (tmp, sel);
-      operands[4] = gen_rtx_UNSPEC (<MODE>mode,
-                                    gen_rtvec (3, operands[2],
-				               operands[1], tmp),
-		                    UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS);
-    }
-}
-  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
-
-(define_insn "*altivec_vperm_<mode>_uns_internal"
-  [(set (match_operand:VM 0 "register_operand" "=v")
-	(unspec:VM [(match_operand:VM 1 "register_operand" "v")
-		    (match_operand:VM 2 "register_operand" "v")
-		    (match_operand:V16QI 3 "register_operand" "+v")]
 		   UNSPEC_VPERM_UNS))]
   "TARGET_ALTIVEC"
   "vperm %0,%1,%2,%3"
diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/vector.md b/gcc/config/rs6000/vector.md
index 68214d913164b71950a699b7ca12adc741ae91d8..10a401813d19b3fba27dcf638bffb8cdf2a2aefd 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/vector.md
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/vector.md
@@ -966,8 +966,8 @@
     	      				 operands[2], operands[3]));
   else
     {
-      /* Avoid the "subtract from splat31" workaround for vperm since
-         we have changed lvsr to lvsl instead.  */
+      /* We have changed lvsr to lvsl, so to complete the transformation
+         of vperm for LE, we must swap the inputs.  */
       rtx unspec = gen_rtx_UNSPEC (<MODE>mode,
                                    gen_rtvec (3, operands[2],
                                               operands[1], operands[3]),
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e5f6c89a7255ed31c1e7d98ef62eefe8422b8fc4..21334a4d294ff79d46d399d81a45329de078c66d 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-11-15  Bill Schmidt  <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	* gcc.dg/vmx/3b-15.c: Revise for little endian.
+
 2013-11-15  Richard Biener  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	PR tree-optimization/50262
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3b-15.c b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3b-15.c
index ec9cf2c5a0d506e524153d23f7738df2a98fffb1..356e248b7614d95e3af9c5d00a965940028736d0 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3b-15.c
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/vmx/3b-15.c
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 vector unsigned char
 f (vector unsigned char a, vector unsigned char b, vector unsigned char c)
 {
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
   return vec_perm(a,b,c); 
+#else
+  return vec_perm(b,a,c);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void test()
@@ -12,8 +16,13 @@ static void test()
 					    8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}),
 		     ((vector unsigned char){70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,
 					    78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85}),
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 		     ((vector unsigned char){0x1,0x14,0x18,0x10,0x16,0x15,0x19,0x1a,
 					    0x1c,0x1c,0x1c,0x12,0x8,0x1d,0x1b,0xe})),
+#else
+                     ((vector unsigned char){0x1e,0xb,0x7,0xf,0x9,0xa,0x6,0x5,
+                                            0x3,0x3,0x3,0xd,0x17,0x2,0x4,0x11})),
+#endif
 		   ((vector unsigned char){1,74,78,70,76,75,79,80,82,82,82,72,8,83,81,14})),
 	"f");
 }