diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 31f61c4ac5f..eb9f1f8bedb 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-09-25  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-mn10300.c (tc_gen_reloc): Don't emit an *ABS*
+	relocation for differences between symbols in a section other
+	than the one in which the difference is to be placed; apply
+	the relocation instead.
+
 2001-09-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
 
 	* config/tc-arc.c: Add missing prototype.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c b/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
index 678224079a8..a2acc753599 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mn10300.c
@@ -1824,12 +1824,41 @@ tc_gen_reloc (seg, fixp)
 	{
 	  as_bad_where (fixp->fx_file, fixp->fx_line,
 			"Difference of symbols in different sections is not supported");
-	  return NULL;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  char *fixpos = fixp->fx_where + fixp->fx_frag->fr_literal;
+
+	  reloc->addend = (S_GET_VALUE (fixp->fx_addsy)
+			   - S_GET_VALUE (fixp->fx_subsy) + fixp->fx_offset);
+
+	  switch (fixp->fx_r_type)
+	    {
+	    case BFD_RELOC_8:
+	      md_number_to_chars (fixpos, reloc->addend, 1);
+	      break;
+	      
+	    case BFD_RELOC_16:
+	      md_number_to_chars (fixpos, reloc->addend, 2);
+	      break;
+
+	    case BFD_RELOC_24:
+	      md_number_to_chars (fixpos, reloc->addend, 3);
+	      break;
+
+	    case BFD_RELOC_32:
+	      md_number_to_chars (fixpos, reloc->addend, 4);
+	      break;
+
+	    default:
+	      reloc->sym_ptr_ptr = (asymbol **) &bfd_abs_symbol;
+	      return reloc;
+	    }
 	}
 
-      reloc->sym_ptr_ptr = (asymbol **) &bfd_abs_symbol;
-      reloc->addend = (S_GET_VALUE (fixp->fx_addsy)
-		       - S_GET_VALUE (fixp->fx_subsy) + fixp->fx_offset);
+      free (reloc->sym_ptr_ptr);
+      free (reloc);
+      return NULL;
     }
   else
     {