diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 13bf83b96b..679bacd713 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ Wed Feb 12 14:36:29 1997  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 	symbol.
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (append_insn): Warn about an attempt to put an
- 	extended instruction in a delay slot when not reordering.  Set
- 	prev_insn_valid even if not reordering.
+ 	extended instruction in a delay slot when not reordering.
 	(md_convert_frag): Warn if an extended instruction appears in a
 	delay slot.
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 60b338aa83..2453714a78 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,6 @@ append_insn (place, ip, address_expr, reloc_type, unmatched_hi)
          PC relative relocs.  */
       prev_insn = *ip;
       prev_insn_reloc_type = reloc_type;
-      prev_insn_valid = 1;
     }
 
   /* We just output an insn, so the next one doesn't have a label.  */