diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 6b45eb487e..bac3fc1029 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-02-19  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
+
+	* config/tc-mips.c (md_parse_option): Complain about invalid -mabi
+	option input.
+
 2002-02-19  Martin Schwidefsky  <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* config/tc-s390.c (md_parse_option): Add switches -m31 and -m64.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-mips.c b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
index 095c466b95..99e52667e0 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-mips.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-mips.c
@@ -10080,7 +10080,10 @@ md_parse_option (c, arg)
       else if (strcmp (arg, "eabi") == 0)
 	mips_opts.abi = EABI_ABI;
       else
-	mips_opts.abi = NO_ABI;
+	{
+	  as_fatal (_("invalid abi -mabi=%s"), arg);
+	  return 0;
+	}
       break;
 #endif /* OBJ_ELF */