diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 4eeafb983ec..b3872ce34b7 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-07-20  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (mips_force_relocation): Remove
+	R_MIPS_PC26_S2 and R_MIPS_PC21_S2.
+
 2016-07-19  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (mips_force_relocation, mips_fix_adjustable):
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 595e4fe1827..daa23d892f9 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -14800,13 +14800,11 @@ mips_force_relocation (fixS *fixp)
       || fixp->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_MICROMIPS_16_PCREL_S1)
     return 1;
 
-  /* We want to keep R_MIPS_PC26_S2, R_MIPS_PC21_S2, BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL_S2
-     BFD_RELOC_MIPS_21_PCREL_S2 and BFD_RELOC_MIPS_26_PCREL_S2 relocations
-     against MIPS16 and microMIPS symbols so that we do cross-mode branch
-     diagnostics and BAL to JALX conversion by the linker.  */
-  if ((fixp->fx_r_type == R_MIPS_PC26_S2
-       || fixp->fx_r_type == R_MIPS_PC21_S2
-       || fixp->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL_S2
+  /* We want to keep BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL_S2 BFD_RELOC_MIPS_21_PCREL_S2
+     and BFD_RELOC_MIPS_26_PCREL_S2 relocations against MIPS16 and
+     microMIPS symbols so that we can do cross-mode branch diagnostics
+     and BAL to JALX conversion by the linker.  */
+  if ((fixp->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_16_PCREL_S2
        || fixp->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_MIPS_21_PCREL_S2
        || fixp->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_MIPS_26_PCREL_S2)
       && fixp->fx_addsy