diff --git a/gas/.Sanitize b/gas/.Sanitize
index eebfe6d043..d9fe1b9e64 100644
--- a/gas/.Sanitize
+++ b/gas/.Sanitize
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ else
 	done
 fi
 
-v850_files="ChangeLog configure.in configure Makefile.in"
+v850_files="ChangeLog configure.in configure Makefile.in write.c"
 if ( echo $* | grep keep\-v850 > /dev/null ) ; then
 	for i in $v850_files ; do
 		if test ! -d $i && (grep sanitize-v850 $i > /dev/null) ; then