diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2060e9c9ed7..a55b34fd581 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Jul 13 20:43:46 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (check_absolute_expr): Change warning to
+	error.
+
 Fri Jul 11 10:18:47 1997  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (macro_build): Refine code to check if an
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 5a71412c14d..8b4c6b982ad 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -2760,7 +2760,7 @@ check_absolute_expr (ip, ex)
   if (ex->X_op == O_big)
     as_bad ("unsupported large constant");
   else if (ex->X_op != O_constant)
-    as_warn ("Instruction %s requires absolute expression", ip->insn_mo->name);
+    as_bad ("Instruction %s requires absolute expression", ip->insn_mo->name);
 }
 
 /* Count the leading zeroes by performing a binary chop. This is a