diff --git a/lib/Target/Alpha/AlphaISelPattern.cpp b/lib/Target/Alpha/AlphaISelPattern.cpp
index c7a7f5b0fc1..ed285a3d9ff 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Alpha/AlphaISelPattern.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Alpha/AlphaISelPattern.cpp
@@ -1319,6 +1319,8 @@ unsigned AlphaISel::SelectExpr(SDOperand N) {
   case ISD::GlobalAddress:
     AlphaLowering.restoreGP(BB);
     has_sym = true;
+ 
+    Reg = Result = MakeReg(MVT::i64);
 
     if (EnableAlphaLSMark)
       BuildMI(BB, Alpha::MEMLABEL, 4).addImm(5).addImm(0).addImm(0)
@@ -1333,6 +1335,8 @@ unsigned AlphaISel::SelectExpr(SDOperand N) {
     AlphaLowering.restoreGP(BB);
     has_sym = true;
 
+    Reg = Result = MakeReg(MVT::i64);
+
     if (EnableAlphaLSMark)
       BuildMI(BB, Alpha::MEMLABEL, 4).addImm(5).addImm(0).addImm(0)
         .addImm(getUID());