diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index eac8ec4f9b..48e351a5e0 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-08-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Ignore rest of line on overflow
+	error.
+
 2020-08-06  Alex Coplan  <alex.coplan@arm.com>
 
 	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Use long for local labels, detect
diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index bd896580e5..cb41cc0685 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,10 @@ read_a_source_file (const char *name)
 
 	      /* Overflow: stop processing the label.  */
 	      if (temp == -1)
-		continue;
+		{
+		  ignore_rest_of_line ();
+		  continue;
+		}
 
 	      if (LOCAL_LABELS_DOLLAR
 		  && *input_line_pointer == '$'