diff --git a/compiler/mips/system.lisp b/compiler/mips/system.lisp
index 9644c33580afc68a747fcf2f294d37d4586f4a7b..ec98033b6c1b9f882df5beaecdc64709c7a64a4f 100644
--- a/compiler/mips/system.lisp
+++ b/compiler/mips/system.lisp
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 ;;; Scott Fahlman or slisp-group@cs.cmu.edu.
 ;;;
 (ext:file-comment
-  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/system.lisp,v 1.44 1992/04/14 02:59:51 wlott Exp $")
+  "$Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/system.lisp,v 1.45 1992/04/21 04:22:20 wlott Exp $")
 ;;;
 ;;; **********************************************************************
 ;;;
-;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/system.lisp,v 1.44 1992/04/14 02:59:51 wlott Exp $
+;;; $Header: /Volumes/share2/src/cmucl/cvs2git/cvsroot/src/compiler/mips/system.lisp,v 1.45 1992/04/21 04:22:20 wlott Exp $
 ;;;
 ;;;    MIPS VM definitions of various system hacking operations.
 ;;;
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
   (:results (result :scs (unsigned-reg)))
   (:result-types positive-fixnum)
   (:generator 6
-    (load-type result function (- vm:function-pointer-type))))
+    (load-type result function (- vm:function-pointer-type))
+    (inst nop)))
 
 (define-vop (set-function-subtype)
   (:translate (setf function-subtype))