diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
index 46c2d6a74ee..871a654609d 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MipsISelLowering.cpp
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@ MipsTargetLowering(MipsTargetMachine &TM)
   setOperationAction(ISD::FCOPYSIGN,          MVT::f64,   Custom);
   setOperationAction(ISD::MEMBARRIER,         MVT::Other, Custom);
   setOperationAction(ISD::ATOMIC_FENCE,       MVT::Other, Custom);
-  setOperationAction(ISD::LOAD,               MVT::i32, Custom);
-  setOperationAction(ISD::STORE,              MVT::i32, Custom);
+  if (!Subtarget->inMips16Mode()) {
+    setOperationAction(ISD::LOAD,               MVT::i32, Custom);
+    setOperationAction(ISD::STORE,              MVT::i32, Custom);
+  }
 
   if (!TM.Options.NoNaNsFPMath) {
     setOperationAction(ISD::FABS,             MVT::f32,   Custom);
@@ -309,6 +311,9 @@ MipsTargetLowering(MipsTargetMachine &TM)
 bool MipsTargetLowering::allowsUnalignedMemoryAccesses(EVT VT) const {
   MVT::SimpleValueType SVT = VT.getSimpleVT().SimpleTy;
 
+  if (Subtarget->inMips16Mode())
+    return false;
+
   switch (SVT) {
   case MVT::i64:
   case MVT::i32:
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/Mips/ul1.ll b/test/CodeGen/Mips/ul1.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e64ff4d90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/Mips/ul1.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; RUN: llc  -march=mipsel -mcpu=mips16 -relocation-model=pic -O3 < %s | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=16
+%struct.ua = type <{ i16, i32 }>
+
+@foo = common global %struct.ua zeroinitializer, align 1
+
+define i32 @main() nounwind {
+entry:
+  store i32 10, i32* getelementptr inbounds (%struct.ua* @foo, i32 0, i32 1), align 1
+; 16:   sb  ${{[0-9]+}}, {{[0-9]+}}(${{[0-9]+}})
+; 16:   sb  ${{[0-9]+}}, {{[0-9]+}}(${{[0-9]+}})
+; 16:   sb  ${{[0-9]+}}, {{[0-9]+}}(${{[0-9]+}})
+; 16:   sb  ${{[0-9]+}}, {{[0-9]+}}(${{[0-9]+}})
+  ret i32 0
+}
+