diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 147d6f8ea51..8fe6a696709 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-12-15  Adam Nemet  <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>
+
+	* config/mips/mips.c (mips_output_conditional_branch): Assert that
+	openrands[1] is a CODE_LABEL.
+
 2008-12-15  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
 	* config/mips/mips.c (mips_expand_builtin_direct): Set TARGET to
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/mips.c b/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
index 71e64bbe2e9..d74f49065a0 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
@@ -10192,6 +10192,8 @@ mips_output_conditional_branch (rtx insn, rtx *operands,
   unsigned int length;
   rtx taken, not_taken;
 
+  gcc_assert (LABEL_P (operands[1]));  
+
   length = get_attr_length (insn);
   if (length <= 8)
     {