diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index b056c701de..81bf372531 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-17  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-alpha.c (alpha_handle_align): Encode unop with RB as $sp.
+
 2001-12-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
 
 	* cgen.c: Add prototype for queue_fixup.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
index f73c8628e4..b1a3471008 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
@@ -5470,10 +5470,10 @@ void
 alpha_handle_align (fragp)
      fragS *fragp;
 {
-  static char const unop[4] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x2f };
+  static char const unop[4] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x2f };
   static char const nopunop[8] = {
     0x1f, 0x04, 0xff, 0x47,
-    0x00, 0x00, 0xe0, 0x2f
+    0x00, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x2f
   };
 
   int bytes, fix;