diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 798ec93e41..b5681e7b12 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-09-02  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
+
+	* binutils-all/bfin/unknown-mode.s: New test.
+	* binutils-all/bfin/objdump.exp: New test.
+
 2009-08-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* binutils-all/strip-10.d: Accept "<OS specific>: 10" for the type
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/objdump.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/objdump.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df7d4da8bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/objdump.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#   Copyright 2009
+#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+if {![istarget "bfin-*-*"]} then {
+  return
+}
+
+if {[which $OBJDUMP] == 0} then {
+    perror "$OBJDUMP does not exist"
+    return
+}
+
+send_user "Version [binutil_version $OBJDUMP]"
+
+###################################
+# Set up the test of unknown-mode.s
+###################################
+
+if {![binutils_assemble $srcdir/$subdir/unknown-mode.s tmpdir/unknown-mode.o]} then {
+    return
+}
+
+if [is_remote host] {
+    set objfile [remote_download host tmpdir/unknown-mode.o]
+} else {
+    set objfile tmpdir/unknown-mode.o
+}
+
+# Make sure that the unknown mode does not cause abort.
+
+set got [binutils_run $OBJDUMP "$OBJDUMPFLAGS -D $objfile"]
+
+set want "e1 c1\[ \t\]*ILLEGAL.*34 98 .*\[\r\n\]"
+
+if [regexp $want $got] then {
+    pass "unknown mode test"
+} else {
+    fail "unknown mode test"
+}
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/unknown-mode.s b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/unknown-mode.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c477f27ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/bfin/unknown-mode.s
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+	.text
+
+	// Below 4 bytes are "A1 += R6.H * R4.L (IS);"
+	// with a invalid mode "0xf".
+	.byte 0xe1
+	.byte 0xc1
+	.byte 0x34
+	.byte 0x98