diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 39161160879..7b6e9a48bd4 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-02-26  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+
+	* elfnn-aarch64.c: (TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G0_NC): Fix HOWTO bit
+	field width.
+
 2015-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutils/17512
diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index 39458aad6f5..85c87032b1d 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ static reloc_howto_type elfNN_aarch64_howto_table[] =
   HOWTO64 (AARCH64_R (TLSIE_MOVW_GOTTPREL_G0_NC),	/* type */
 	 0,			/* rightshift */
 	 2,			/* size (0 = byte, 1 = short, 2 = long) */
-	 32,			/* bitsize */
+	 16,			/* bitsize */
 	 FALSE,			/* pc_relative */
 	 0,			/* bitpos */
 	 complain_overflow_dont,	/* complain_on_overflow */