diff --git a/ghc/compiler/nativeGen/RegAllocInfo.lhs b/ghc/compiler/nativeGen/RegAllocInfo.lhs
index 66f2ae0626246669773e4d359a64ae6e856a6ef2..ac015fe2252e1c05d0f55146a86e9df13dba58e1 100644
--- a/ghc/compiler/nativeGen/RegAllocInfo.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/nativeGen/RegAllocInfo.lhs
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ spillReg dyn (MemoryReg i pk)
 
 	{-I386: spill above stack pointer leaving 2 words/spill-}
 	,IF_ARCH_i386 ( if pk == FloatRep || pk == DoubleRep
-                        then GST sz dyn (spRel (16 + 2 * i))
+                        then GST DF dyn (spRel (16 + 2 * i))
                         else MOV sz (OpReg dyn) (OpAddr (spRel (16 + 2 * i)))
 
 	{-SPARC: spill below frame pointer leaving 2 words/spill-}
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ loadReg (MemoryReg i pk) dyn
     mkUnitList (
 	 IF_ARCH_alpha( LD  sz dyn (spRel i)
 	,IF_ARCH_i386 ( if   pk == FloatRep || pk == DoubleRep
-                        then GLD sz (spRel (16 + 2 * i)) dyn
+                        then GLD DF (spRel (16 + 2 * i)) dyn
                         else MOV sz (OpAddr (spRel (16 + 2 * i))) (OpReg dyn)
 	,IF_ARCH_sparc( LD  sz (fpRel (-2 * i)) dyn
 	,)))