diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index 23da7d55d62..abc8bfdc244 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -30489,6 +30489,8 @@ $as_echo "#define MIPS_EXPLICIT_RELOCS MIPS_EXPLICIT_RELOCS_BASE" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
 
+    else
+      gcc_cv_as_mips_explicit_relocs=yes
     fi
 
     if test x$gcc_cv_as_mips_explicit_relocs = xno; then \
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index d7cf0b92cd8..1d2cefa3f6a 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -5304,6 +5304,8 @@ LCF0:
 [	lw $4,%gp_rel(foo)($4)],,
       [AC_DEFINE(MIPS_EXPLICIT_RELOCS, MIPS_EXPLICIT_RELOCS_BASE,
 		 [Define if assembler supports %reloc.])])
+    else
+      gcc_cv_as_mips_explicit_relocs=yes
     fi
 
     if test x$gcc_cv_as_mips_explicit_relocs = xno; then \