Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr39839.c
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--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr39839.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/arm/pr39839.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* { dg-options "-mthumb -Os -march=armv5te -mthumb-interwork -fpic" }  */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target arm_thumb1_ok } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not "str\[\\t \]*r.,\[\\t \]*.sp," } } */
+
+struct S
+{
+  int count;
+  char *addr;
+};
+
+void func(const char*, const char*, int, const char*);
+
+/* This function should not need to spill to the stack. */
+void test(struct S *p)
+{
+  int off = p->count;
+  while (p->count >= 0)
+    {
+      const char *s = "xyz";
+      if (*p->addr) s = "pqr";
+      func("abcde", p->addr + off, off, s);
+      p->count--;
+    }
+}