diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
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--- a/gas/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-06-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR gas/20247
+	* testsuite/gas/elf/section11.s: Don't start directives in first column.
+
 2016-06-28  Richard Sandiford  <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.s,
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section11.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section11.s
index 200d34c7ae..4814514a6d 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section11.s
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section11.s
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-.section .bss
-.balign 16
-.skip 1
+ .section .bss
+ .balign 16
+ .skip 1
 
+ .data
+ .balign 16
+ .skip 1
 
-.data
-.balign 16
-.skip 1
-
-
-.text
-.balign 16
-.skip 1
-
+ .text
+ .balign 16
+ .skip 1