diff --git a/gas/config/tc-a29k.c b/gas/config/tc-a29k.c
index 6da39d01f9b..015d90193cf 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-a29k.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-a29k.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const char line_comment_chars[] = "#";
 
 /* We needed an unused char for line separation to work around the
    lack of macros, using sed and such.  */
-const char line_separator_chars[] = "";
+const char line_separator_chars[] = "@";
 
 /* Chars that can be used to separate mant from exp in floating point nums */
 const char EXP_CHARS[] = "eE";