diff --git a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
index f32087fac..bd57ce6b4 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/mingw/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-01  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* mingwex/math/ldexpl.c (ldexpl): Call __asm__("fscale")
+	directly, rather than via scabnl.
+
 2004-02-01  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
 
 	* mingwex/math/powl.c (powl): Return infinity if
diff --git a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/math/ldexpl.c b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/math/ldexpl.c
index e4477bf6c..19a3d56e3 100644
--- a/winsup/mingw/mingwex/math/ldexpl.c
+++ b/winsup/mingw/mingwex/math/ldexpl.c
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-
-
+  
 long double ldexpl(long double x, int expn)
 {
-  if (isfinite (x) && x != 0.0L)
-    {
-      x = scalbnl (x , expn);
-      if (!isfinite (x) || x == 0.0) errno = ERANGE;
-    }
-  return x;
+  long double res;
+  if (!isfinite (x) || x == 0.0L)
+    return x;
+
+  __asm__ ("fscale"
+  	    : "=t" (res)
+	    : "0" (x), "u" ((long double) expn));
+
+  if (!isfinite (res) || res == 0.0L)
+    errno = ERANGE;
+
+  return res;
 }