diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2e11d8eaf9..59a04730fc 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-01-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d: Accept nop padding.
+
 2016-01-11  Peter Bergner <bergner@vnet.ibm.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/ppc/power9.d <xscmpnedp, xvcmpnedp, xvcmpnedp.,
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d
index ea60c660bf..81a0a9511a 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/ppc/vsx3.d
@@ -130,3 +130,4 @@ Disassembly of section \.text:
 .*:	(fe 76 66 88|88 66 76 fe) 	xscvdpqp v19,v12
 .*:	(fd b9 26 88|88 26 b9 fd) 	xscvqpsdz v13,v4
 .*:	(fc f8 3e c8|c8 3e f8 fc) 	xsiexpqp v7,v24,v7
+#pass