diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index cb10263e0bd3..6c765650965b 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-01-07  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets_nonio.tcc (time_put<>::do_put): Avoid
+	pointless __builtin_alloca use.
+
 2010-01-06  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	PR libstdc++/26701
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets_nonio.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets_nonio.tcc
index e788457e2abe..48a913901e75 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets_nonio.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets_nonio.tcc
@@ -1182,8 +1182,7 @@ _GLIBCXX_END_LDBL_NAMESPACE
       // NB: This size is arbitrary. Should this be a data member,
       // initialized at construction?
       const size_t __maxlen = 128;
-      char_type* __res = 
-       static_cast<char_type*>(__builtin_alloca(sizeof(char_type) * __maxlen));
+      char_type __res[__maxlen];
 
       // NB: In IEE 1003.1-200x, and perhaps other locale models, it
       // is possible that the format character will be longer than one