diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index f76f4825e0..7b0a37eac2 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-08-15  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-sh.c (md_apply_fix) [BFD_RELOC_32, BFD_RELOC_16]: Use
+	md_number_to_chars.
+
 2000-08-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* config/tc-arm.c (do_bx): Allow "bx pc".
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-sh.c b/gas/config/tc-sh.c
index c120d0cf69..359b2bec6b 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-sh.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-sh.c
@@ -2681,33 +2681,11 @@ md_apply_fix (fixP, val)
       break;
 
     case BFD_RELOC_32:
-      if (!target_big_endian)
-	{
-	  *buf++ = val >> 0;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 8;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 16;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 24;
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  *buf++ = val >> 24;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 16;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 8;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 0;
-	}
+      md_number_to_chars (buf, val, 4);
       break;
 
     case BFD_RELOC_16:
-      if (! target_big_endian)
-	{
-	  *buf++ = val >> 0;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 8;
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  *buf++ = val >> 8;
-	  *buf++ = val >> 0;
-	}
+      md_number_to_chars (buf, val, 2);
       break;
 
     case BFD_RELOC_SH_USES: