diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index b3eb7db8cf..c6af91d3ec 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-02-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 27283
+	* config/tc-alpha.c (insert_operand): Delete dead code.
+
 2021-01-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR gas/27243
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
index 030ba21b52..6225f37f6e 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ insert_operand (unsigned insn,
 		const char *file,
 		unsigned line)
 {
-  if (operand->bits != 32 && !(operand->flags & AXP_OPERAND_NOOVERFLOW))
+  if (!(operand->flags & AXP_OPERAND_NOOVERFLOW))
     {
       offsetT min, max;