diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 69d80ea2ef496f7f25ca70b5fd3e5b7adbdb96cb..2a49e58efbeacee44b9b1824ed79af43fde6fdc5 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-10  Hariharan Sandanagobalane <hariharan@picochip.com>
+
+	* config/picochip/picochip.c : Ignore DEBUG_INSN_P instructions
+        introduced by the VTA branch merge.
+
 2009-09-10  Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	Revert:
diff --git a/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.c b/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.c
index ecec1f7121ed5c676c6852224ea1a515b4db79ac..5155e7695ad48704c78722f31809b23d6ef9330f 100644
--- a/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.c
+++ b/gcc/config/picochip/picochip.c
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ reorder_var_tracking_notes (void)
 	{
 	  next = NEXT_INSN (insn);
 
-	  if (INSN_P (insn))
+	  if (NONDEBUG_INSN_P (insn))
 	    {
 	      /* Emit queued up notes before the first instruction of a bundle.  */
 	      if (GET_MODE (insn) == TImode)
@@ -3016,7 +3016,7 @@ picochip_reorg (void)
                   INSN_LOCATOR (insn1) = vliw_insn_location;
               }
               /* Tag subsequent instructions with the same location. */
-              if (INSN_P (insn))
+              if (NONDEBUG_INSN_P (insn))
                 INSN_LOCATOR (insn) = vliw_insn_location;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ picochip_reset_vliw (rtx insn)
   local_insn = insn;
   do
     {
-      if (NOTE_P (local_insn))
+      if (NOTE_P (local_insn) || DEBUG_INSN_P(local_insn))
 	{
 	  local_insn = NEXT_INSN (local_insn);
 	  continue;
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@ picochip_final_prescan_insn (rtx insn, rtx * opvec ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   for (local_insn = NEXT_INSN (local_insn); local_insn;
        local_insn = NEXT_INSN (local_insn))
     {
-      if (NOTE_P (local_insn))
+      if (NOTE_P (local_insn) || DEBUG_INSN_P(local_insn))
 	continue;
       else if (!INSN_P (local_insn))
 	break;
@@ -3611,7 +3611,7 @@ picochip_final_prescan_insn (rtx insn, rtx * opvec ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   /* Set the continuation flag if the next instruction can be packed
      with the current instruction (i.e., the next instruction is
      valid, and isn't the start of a new cycle). */
-  picochip_vliw_continuation = (local_insn && INSN_P (local_insn) &&
+  picochip_vliw_continuation = (local_insn && NONDEBUG_INSN_P (local_insn) &&
 				(GET_MODE (local_insn) != TImode));
 
 }