diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index cd260c30ff..7cf6344b60 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-18  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
+
+	* config/tc-xtensa.c (xtensa_end_directive): Restore
+	default_lit_sections regardless of use_literal_section.
+
 2005-10-18  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (bfin-lex.c): Update ylwrap invocation.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-xtensa.c b/gas/config/tc-xtensa.c
index c82d04cad9..275fe2973c 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-xtensa.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-xtensa.c
@@ -1361,8 +1361,7 @@ xtensa_end_directive (int ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 	      s = (lit_state *) state;
 	      assert (s);
 
-	      if (use_literal_section)
-		default_lit_sections = *s;
+	      default_lit_sections = *s;
 
 	      /* free the state storage */
 	      free (s);