diff --git a/Gen.pas b/Gen.pas
index 1819491..5983d02 100644
--- a/Gen.pas
+++ b/Gen.pas
@@ -4278,6 +4278,18 @@ var
                GenNative(m_lda_abs, absolute, q, lab, 0)
             else
                GenNative(m_lda_long, longabsolute, q, lab, 0);
+      if not short then
+         if op^.right^.optype in [cgByte,cgUByte] then
+            if op^.right^.opcode <> pc_ldc then begin
+               GenNative(m_and_imm, immediate, $00FF, nil, 0);
+               if optype = cgByte then begin
+                  GenNative(m_bit_imm, immediate, $0080, nil, 0);
+                  lab1 := GenLabel;
+                  GenNative(m_beq, relative, lab1, nil, 0);
+                  GenNative(m_ora_imm, immediate, $FF00, nil, 0);
+                  GenLab(lab1);
+                  end; {if}
+               end; {if}
       end {if} 
    else begin
       GenImplied(m_pla);
diff --git a/cc.notes b/cc.notes
index 06b3267..df71550 100644
--- a/cc.notes
+++ b/cc.notes
@@ -1213,6 +1213,8 @@ int foo(int[42]);
 
 161. The system() function might return the wrong value when using the large memory model.  (This was a regression introduced in ORCA/C 2.2.0 B3.)
 
+162. In certain cases, an assignment from a location with an 8-bit type to a location with a 16-bit type might store the wrong value.
+
 -- Bugs from C 2.1.0 that have been fixed -----------------------------------
 
 1.  In some situations, fread() reread the first 1K or so of the file.