diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
index f8196e460ae9c..cc21844b26350 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMAsmBackend.cpp
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ unsigned ARMAsmBackend::adjustFixupValue(const MCAssembler &Asm,
   // signed 16bit range.
   if ((Kind == ARM::fixup_arm_movw_lo16 || Kind == ARM::fixup_arm_movt_hi16 ||
        Kind == ARM::fixup_t2_movw_lo16 || Kind == ARM::fixup_t2_movt_hi16) &&
-      (Addend < minIntN(16) || Addend > maxIntN(16))) {
+      !IsResolved && (Addend < minIntN(16) || Addend > maxIntN(16))) {
     Ctx.reportError(Fixup.getLoc(), "Relocation Not In Range");
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ARM/arm-movt-movw-absolute-pass.s b/llvm/test/MC/ARM/arm-movt-movw-absolute-pass.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..21239504bd46c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ARM/arm-movt-movw-absolute-pass.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@RUN: llvm-mc -triple armv7-eabi -filetype obj %s -o - | llvm-objdump -d --triple armv7-eabi - | FileCheck %s
+
+a:
+    movw    r1, #:lower16:b - a + 65536
+    movt    r1, #:upper16:b - a + 65536
+b:
+
+@CHECK: 0: e3001008 movw r1, #0x8
+@CHECK: 4: e3401001 movt r1, #0x1