diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index 6bba696cebc..b8e845dd569 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -4847,7 +4847,7 @@ parse_repeat_cons (expressionS *exp, unsigned int nbytes)
 static int
 hex_float (int float_type, char *bytes)
 {
-  int length;
+  int length, pad = 0;
   int i;
 
   switch (float_type)
@@ -4868,12 +4868,22 @@ hex_float (int float_type, char *bytes)
 
     case 'x':
     case 'X':
-      length = 12;
+#ifdef X_PRECISION
+      length = X_PRECISION * sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE);
+      pad = X_PRECISION_PAD * sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE);
+      if (!length)
+#endif
+	length = 12;
       break;
 
     case 'p':
     case 'P':
-      length = 12;
+#ifdef P_PRECISION
+      length = P_PRECISION * sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE);
+      pad = P_PRECISION_PAD * sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE);
+      if (!length)
+#endif
+	length = 12;
       break;
 
     default:
@@ -4926,7 +4936,9 @@ hex_float (int float_type, char *bytes)
 	memset (bytes, 0, length - i);
     }
 
-  return length;
+  memset (bytes + length, 0, pad);
+
+  return length + pad;
 }
 
 /*			float_cons()
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf32.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf32.d
index 9e1254615ec..eefe84db310 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf32.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf32.d
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ Contents of section .data:
  0030 00000000 0000a044 01000000 0000a044  .*
  0040 00000000 0000f03f 00000000 00000000  .*
  0050 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff cccccccc  .*
+ 0060 00000000 00000080 fe3f0000 00000000  .*
+ 0070 00000080 fdbf0000 00000000 00000080  .*
+ 0080 ff030000 aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa  .*
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf64.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf64.d
index 0314929cf9c..0756aa1e36a 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf64.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp-elf64.d
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ Contents of section .data:
  0030 00000000 0000a044 01000000 0000a044  .*
  0040 00000000 0000f03f 00000000 00000000  .*
  0050 ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff  .*
+ 0060 00000000 00000080 fe3f0000 00000000  .*
+ 0070 00000000 00000080 fdbf0000 00000000  .*
+ 0080 00000000 00000080 ff030000 00000000  .*
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.d
index dd7e028b44b..b93595ac8c3 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.d
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.d
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ Contents of section .data:
  0030 00000000 0000a044 01000000 0000a044  .*
  0040 00000000 0000f03f 00000000 00000000  .*
  0050 ffffffff ffffffff ffffcccc cccccccc  .*
+ 0060 00000000 00000080 fe3f0000 00000000  .*
+ 0070 0080fdbf 00000000 00000080 ff03aaaa  .*
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.s
index 601709c2196..7fe642e5180 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.s
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/i386/fp.s
@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@
 
 	.ds.x 1, -1
 	.p2align 4,0xcc
+
+	.tfloat 0x:3ffe80
+	.dc.x 0x:bffd80
+	.dcb.x 1, 0x:03ff80
+	.p2align 4,0xaa