diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 9872504871b..96701b3a9a3 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-09-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* objdump.c (disassemble_bytes): Use an unsigned type for "addend".
+
 2020-08-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* readelf.c (print_gnu_build_attribute_name): Use unsigned long
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index c7ad51e41eb..91da48095f3 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -3002,8 +3002,8 @@ disassemble_bytes (struct disassemble_info * inf,
 
 	      if (q->addend)
 		{
-		  bfd_signed_vma addend = q->addend;
-		  if (addend < 0)
+		  bfd_vma addend = q->addend;
+		  if ((bfd_signed_vma) addend < 0)
 		    {
 		      printf ("-0x");
 		      addend = -addend;