diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 4ce92cebe59..dbe82bb2e7c 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2013-06-14  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+	Revert:
+
+	2011-09-05  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
+
+	PR gas/13024
+	* dwarf2dbg.c (pending_lines, pending_lines_tail): New variables.
+	(dwarf2_gen_line_info_1): Delete.
+	(dwarf2_push_line, dwarf2_flush_pending_lines): New functions.
+	(dwarf2_gen_line_info, dwarf2_emit_label): Use them.
+	(dwarf2_consume_line_info): Call dwarf2_flush_pending_lines.
+	(dwarf2_directive_loc): Push previous .locs instead of generating
+	them immediately.
+
 2013-06-13  Chao-ying Fu  <Chao-ying.Fu@imgtec.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (ISA_SUPPORTS_VIRT_ASE): Support micromips.
diff --git a/gas/dwarf2dbg.c b/gas/dwarf2dbg.c
index df93bac2c7b..f5623f6c5a5 100644
--- a/gas/dwarf2dbg.c
+++ b/gas/dwarf2dbg.c
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@ static struct dwarf2_line_info current = {
   0
 };
 
-/* Lines that are at the same location as CURRENT, and which are waiting
-   for a label.  */
-static struct line_entry *pending_lines, **pending_lines_tail = &pending_lines;
-
 /* The size of an address on the target.  */
 static unsigned int sizeof_address;
 
@@ -293,47 +289,22 @@ get_line_subseg (segT seg, subsegT subseg)
   return lss;
 }
 
-/* Push LOC onto the pending lines list.  */
+/* Record an entry for LOC occurring at LABEL.  */
 
 static void
-dwarf2_push_line (struct dwarf2_line_info *loc)
+dwarf2_gen_line_info_1 (symbolS *label, struct dwarf2_line_info *loc)
 {
+  struct line_subseg *lss;
   struct line_entry *e;
 
   e = (struct line_entry *) xmalloc (sizeof (*e));
   e->next = NULL;
-  e->label = NULL;
+  e->label = label;
   e->loc = *loc;
 
-  *pending_lines_tail = e;
-  pending_lines_tail = &(*pending_lines_tail)->next;
-}
-
-/* Emit all pending line information.  LABEL is the label with which the
-   lines should be associated, or null if they should be associated with
-   the current position.  */
-
-static void
-dwarf2_flush_pending_lines (symbolS *label)
-{
-  if (pending_lines)
-    {
-      struct line_subseg *lss;
-      struct line_entry *e;
-
-      if (!label)
-	label = symbol_temp_new_now ();
-
-      for (e = pending_lines; e; e = e->next)
-	e->label = label;
-
-      lss = get_line_subseg (now_seg, now_subseg);
-      *lss->ptail = pending_lines;
-      lss->ptail = pending_lines_tail;
-
-      pending_lines = NULL;
-      pending_lines_tail = &pending_lines;
-    }
+  lss = get_line_subseg (now_seg, now_subseg);
+  *lss->ptail = e;
+  lss->ptail = &e->next;
 }
 
 /* Record an entry for LOC occurring at OFS within the current fragment.  */
@@ -344,6 +315,8 @@ dwarf2_gen_line_info (addressT ofs, struct dwarf2_line_info *loc)
   static unsigned int line = -1;
   static unsigned int filenum = -1;
 
+  symbolS *sym;
+
   /* Early out for as-yet incomplete location information.  */
   if (loc->filenum == 0 || loc->line == 0)
     return;
@@ -359,7 +332,6 @@ dwarf2_gen_line_info (addressT ofs, struct dwarf2_line_info *loc)
   line = loc->line;
   filenum = loc->filenum;
 
-  dwarf2_push_line (loc);
   if (linkrelax)
     {
       char name[120];
@@ -367,10 +339,11 @@ dwarf2_gen_line_info (addressT ofs, struct dwarf2_line_info *loc)
       /* Use a non-fake name for the line number location,
 	 so that it can be referred to by relocations.  */
       sprintf (name, ".Loc.%u.%u", line, filenum);
-      dwarf2_flush_pending_lines (symbol_new (name, now_seg, ofs, frag_now));
+      sym = symbol_new (name, now_seg, ofs, frag_now);
     }
   else
-    dwarf2_flush_pending_lines (symbol_temp_new (now_seg, ofs, frag_now));
+    sym = symbol_temp_new (now_seg, ofs, frag_now);
+  dwarf2_gen_line_info_1 (sym, loc);
 }
 
 /* Returns the current source information.  If .file directives have
@@ -431,11 +404,6 @@ dwarf2_emit_insn (int size)
 void
 dwarf2_consume_line_info (void)
 {
-  /* If the consumer has stashed the current location away for later use,
-     assume that any earlier location information should be associated
-     with ".".  */
-  dwarf2_flush_pending_lines (NULL);
-
   /* Unless we generate DWARF2 debugging information for each
      assembler line, we only emit one line symbol for one LOC.  */
   dwarf2_loc_directive_seen = FALSE;
@@ -467,8 +435,7 @@ dwarf2_emit_label (symbolS *label)
 
   loc.flags |= DWARF2_FLAG_BASIC_BLOCK;
 
-  dwarf2_push_line (&loc);
-  dwarf2_flush_pending_lines (label);
+  dwarf2_gen_line_info_1 (label, &loc);
   dwarf2_consume_line_info ();
 }
 
@@ -628,7 +595,7 @@ dwarf2_directive_loc (int dummy ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
   /* If we see two .loc directives in a row, force the first one to be
      output now.  */
   if (dwarf2_loc_directive_seen)
-    dwarf2_push_line (&current);
+    dwarf2_emit_insn (0);
 
   filenum = get_absolute_expression ();
   SKIP_WHITESPACE ();