diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index 98241bc76edf0..42ac0b66ec2ad 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -3008,20 +3008,13 @@ bool AsmParser::parseAngleBracketString(std::string &Data) {
 }
 
 /// parseDirectiveAscii:
-//    ::= .ascii [ "string"+ ( , "string"+ )* ]
-///   ::= ( .asciz | .string ) [ "string" ( , "string" )* ]
+///   ::= ( .ascii | .asciz | .string ) [ "string" ( , "string" )* ]
 bool AsmParser::parseDirectiveAscii(StringRef IDVal, bool ZeroTerminated) {
   auto parseOp = [&]() -> bool {
     std::string Data;
-    if (checkForValidSection())
+    if (checkForValidSection() || parseEscapedString(Data))
       return true;
-    // Only support spaces as separators for .ascii directive for now. See the
-    // discusssion at https://reviews.llvm.org/D91460 for more details
-    do {
-      if (parseEscapedString(Data))
-        return true;
-      getStreamer().emitBytes(Data);
-    } while (!ZeroTerminated && getTok().is(AsmToken::String));
+    getStreamer().emitBytes(Data);
     if (ZeroTerminated)
       getStreamer().emitBytes(StringRef("\0", 1));
     return false;
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_ascii.s b/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_ascii.s
index e34aa7a8a5618..ea988879819b4 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_ascii.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_ascii.s
@@ -48,11 +48,3 @@ TEST6:
 TEST7:
         .ascii "\x64\Xa6B"
         .ascii "\xface\x0Fe"
-
-# CHECK-LABEL: TEST8:
-# CHECK-NEXT: .byte 65
-# CHECK-NEXT: .byte 66
-# CHECK-NEXT: .byte 67
-# CHECK-NEXT: .byte 68
-TEST8:
-        .ascii "A", "B" "C", "D"