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diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/beam_validator.erl b/lib/compiler/src/beam_validator.erl
index fe3b1680d9..a52e7bb761 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/beam_validator.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/beam_validator.erl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2004-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 2004-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -670,10 +670,20 @@ valfun_4({get_tuple_element,Src,I,Dst}, Vst) ->
valfun_4({test,bs_start_match2,{f,Fail},Live,[Ctx,NeedSlots],Ctx}, Vst0) ->
%% If source and destination registers are the same, match state
%% is OK as input.
- _ = get_move_term_type(Ctx, Vst0),
+ CtxType = get_move_term_type(Ctx, Vst0),
verify_live(Live, Vst0),
Vst1 = prune_x_regs(Live, Vst0),
- Vst = branch_state(Fail, Vst1),
+ BranchVst = case CtxType of
+ {match_context,_,_} ->
+ %% The failure branch will never be taken when Ctx
+ %% is a match context. Therefore, the type for Ctx
+ %% at the failure label must not be match_context
+ %% (or we could reject legal code).
+ set_type_reg(term, Ctx, Vst1);
+ _ ->
+ Vst1
+ end,
+ Vst = branch_state(Fail, BranchVst),
set_type_reg(bsm_match_state(NeedSlots), Ctx, Vst);
valfun_4({test,bs_start_match2,{f,Fail},Live,[Src,Slots],Dst}, Vst0) ->
assert_term(Src, Vst0),