diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f03aaeb8ed..fae51f3a2b 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-12-01  Ma Jiang  <ma.jiang@zte.com.cn>
+
+	PR ld/16720
+	* elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_calculate_relocation): Remove overflow
+	test for HI16 relocs.
+
 2016-12-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutils/20891
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index 0e56ffa361..96317aaada 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -5920,7 +5920,6 @@ mips_elf_calculate_relocation (bfd *abfd, bfd *input_bfd,
 	    value = mips_elf_high (addend + gp - p - 1);
 	  else
 	    value = mips_elf_high (addend + gp - p);
-	  overflowed_p = mips_elf_overflow_p (value, 16);
 	}
       break;