diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index f906e7dd1d..ca278e6f2b 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-09-08  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>
+
+	* config/tc-arm.c (md_apply_fix3): Correct handling of ADRL when
+	offset is negative.
+
 2000-09-07  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* configure.in (AC_ISC_POSIX): Put after AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index faded9626b..0cc8cab6e7 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -5676,7 +5676,7 @@ md_apply_fix3 (fixP, val, seg)
 	    if (newimm != (unsigned int) FAIL)
 	      newinsn = temp;
 	    /* Still No ?  Try using a negated value.  */
-	    else if (validate_immediate_twopart (- value, & highpart) != (unsigned int) FAIL)
+	    else if ((newimm = validate_immediate_twopart (- value, & highpart)) != (unsigned int) FAIL)
 	      temp = newinsn = (temp & OPCODE_MASK) | OPCODE_SUB << DATA_OP_SHIFT;
 	    /* Otherwise - give up.  */
 	    else