diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2ae18e1ed7b..4bfe4bc38ae 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-10-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR binutils/10766
+	* config/tc-i386.c (build_modrm_byte): Declare exp earlier.
+
 2009-10-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR gas/10740
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-i386.c b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
index 54edb1b80d3..c01175fef58 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-i386.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-i386.c
@@ -4873,6 +4873,7 @@ build_modrm_byte (void)
   if (vex_3_sources)
     {
       unsigned int nds, reg;
+      expressionS *exp;
 
       if (i.tm.opcode_modifier.veximmext
 	  && i.tm.opcode_modifier.immext)
@@ -4896,7 +4897,7 @@ build_modrm_byte (void)
 
       /* Generate an 8bit immediate operand to encode the register
 	 operand.  */
-      expressionS *exp = &im_expressions[i.imm_operands++];
+      exp = &im_expressions[i.imm_operands++];
       i.op[i.operands].imms = exp;
       i.types[i.operands] = imm8;
       i.operands++;