diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 0a2918802a6..dd152b9114f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri Oct 16 15:26:24 1998  Dave Brolley  <brolley@cygnus.com>
+
+        * c-lex.c (yylex): Fix unaligned access of wchar_t.
+
 Fri Oct 16 10:47:53 1998  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
 
 	* config/arm/arm.h (TARGET_SWITCHES): Add --help documentation.
diff --git a/gcc/c-lex.c b/gcc/c-lex.c
index ec1386ae59c..6c0d29f7889 100644
--- a/gcc/c-lex.c
+++ b/gcc/c-lex.c
@@ -2036,15 +2036,13 @@ yylex ()
 		    /* mbtowc sometimes needs an extra char before accepting */
 		    if (char_len <= i)
 		      UNGETC (c);
-		    if (wide_flag)
+		    if (! wide_flag)
 		      {
-			*(wchar_t *)p = wc;
-			p += sizeof (wc);
+			p += (i + 1);
+			c = GETC ();
+			continue;
 		      }
-		    else
-		      p += (i + 1);
-		    c = GETC ();
-		    continue;
+		    c = wc;
 		  }
 #endif /* MULTIBYTE_CHARS */
 	      }