diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 999017dddfb..cf6c8e7a19a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue Jan 28 15:27:28 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* config/tc-mips.c (md_apply_fix): Make a branch to an odd address
+	an error rather than a warning.
+
 	* config/tc-mips.c (md_convert_frag): If the user explicitly
 	requested an extended opcode, pass warn as true to mips16_immed.
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index e6a1e2a041b..828ebc0b87e 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -8346,8 +8346,8 @@ md_apply_fix (fixP, valueP)
        * the current segment).
        */
       if ((value & 0x3) != 0)
-	as_warn_where (fixP->fx_file, fixP->fx_line,
-		       "Branch to odd address (%lx)", value);
+	as_bad_where (fixP->fx_file, fixP->fx_line,
+		      "Branch to odd address (%lx)", value);
       value >>= 2;
 
       /* update old instruction data */