diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 90caa4e3c93eeee753a69d18d13cfd0257a91cc9..848b339f3137b4acff61bfca88f4c83aa3f73970 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -15950,12 +15950,13 @@ do_neon_abs_neg (void)
   if (try_vfp_nsyn (2, do_vfp_nsyn_abs_neg) == SUCCESS)
     return;
 
-  if (vfp_or_neon_is_neon (NEON_CHECK_CC | NEON_CHECK_ARCH) == FAIL)
-    return;
-
   rs = neon_select_shape (NS_DD, NS_QQ, NS_NULL);
   et = neon_check_type (2, rs, N_EQK, N_S_32 | N_F_16_32 | N_KEY);
 
+  if (check_simd_pred_availability (et.type == NT_float,
+				    NEON_CHECK_ARCH | NEON_CHECK_CC))
+    return;
+
   inst.instruction |= LOW4 (inst.operands[0].reg) << 12;
   inst.instruction |= HI1 (inst.operands[0].reg) << 22;
   inst.instruction |= LOW4 (inst.operands[1].reg);
@@ -21896,9 +21897,6 @@ static const struct asm_opcode insns[] =
  nCEF(vmla,     _vmla,    3, (RNSDQ, oRNSDQ, RNSDQ_RNSC), neon_mac_maybe_scalar),
  nCEF(vmls,     _vmls,    3, (RNSDQ, oRNSDQ, RNSDQ_RNSC), neon_mac_maybe_scalar),
 
- NCEF(vabs,     1b10300, 2, (RNSDQ, RNSDQ), neon_abs_neg),
- NCEF(vneg,     1b10380, 2, (RNSDQ, RNSDQ), neon_abs_neg),
-
  NCE(vldm,      c900b00, 2, (RRnpctw, VRSDLST), neon_ldm_stm),
  NCE(vldmia,    c900b00, 2, (RRnpctw, VRSDLST), neon_ldm_stm),
  NCE(vldmdb,    d100b00, 2, (RRnpctw, VRSDLST), neon_ldm_stm),
@@ -22630,6 +22628,9 @@ static const struct asm_opcode insns[] =
  mnCEF(vadd,     _vadd,    3, (RNSDQMQ, oRNSDQMQ, RNSDQMQR), neon_addsub_if_i),
  mnCEF(vsub,     _vsub,    3, (RNSDQMQ, oRNSDQMQ, RNSDQMQR), neon_addsub_if_i),
 
+ MNCEF(vabs,  1b10300,	2, (RNSDQMQ, RNSDQMQ),	neon_abs_neg),
+ MNCEF(vneg,  1b10380,	2, (RNSDQMQ, RNSDQMQ),	neon_abs_neg),
+
 #undef ARM_VARIANT
 #define ARM_VARIANT & fpu_neon_ext_v1
  mnUF(vabd,      _vabd,    3, (RNDQMQ, oRNDQMQ, RNDQMQ), neon_dyadic_if_su),
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..493583356033700df415498c55f17a6e9c0be42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#name: bad MVE VABS and VNEG instructions
+#as: -march=armv8.1-m.main+mve
+#error_output: mve-vabsneg-bad-1.l
+
+.*: +file format .*arm.*
+
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.l b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.l
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..46fda8b53f72aac4da99f02e88e5c7d95fdc1716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.l
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+[^:]*: Assembler messages:
+[^:]*:13: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.p8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:14: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.p16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:15: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:16: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:17: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:18: Error: selected FPU does not support instruction -- `vabs.f16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:19: Error: selected FPU does not support instruction -- `vabs.f32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:20: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.s64 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:21: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:22: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.p8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:23: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.p16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:24: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:25: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:26: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:27: Error: selected FPU does not support instruction -- `vneg.f16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:28: Error: selected FPU does not support instruction -- `vneg.f32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:29: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.s64 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:30: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:32: Error: syntax error -- `vnegeq.s32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:33: Error: syntax error -- `vnegeq.s32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:35: Error: instruction missing MVE vector predication code -- `vneg.s32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:36: Error: vector predicated instruction should be in VPT/VPST block -- `vnegt.s32 q0,q1'
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cda955ccc486300cc2e33bc50f5eee0517d9bdad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+.macro cond op
+.irp cond, eq, ne, gt, ge, lt, le
+it \cond
+\op\().s32 q0, q1
+.endr
+.endm
+
+
+
+.syntax unified
+.text
+.thumb
+vabs.p8 q0, q1
+vabs.p16 q0, q1
+vabs.u8 q0, q1
+vabs.u16 q0, q1
+vabs.u32 q0, q1
+vabs.f16 q0, q1
+vabs.f32 q0, q1
+vabs.s64 q0, q1
+cond vabs
+vneg.p8 q0, q1
+vneg.p16 q0, q1
+vneg.u8 q0, q1
+vneg.u16 q0, q1
+vneg.u32 q0, q1
+vneg.f16 q0, q1
+vneg.f32 q0, q1
+vneg.s64 q0, q1
+cond vneg
+it eq
+vnegeq.s32 q0, q1
+vnegeq.s32 q0, q1
+vpst
+vneg.s32 q0, q1
+vnegt.s32 q0, q1
+
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..14d0137fd0b3188a255f885ffe8a810f81c15c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.d
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#name: bad MVE FP VABS and VNEG instructions
+#as: -march=armv8.1-m.main+mve.fp
+#error_output: mve-vabsneg-bad-2.l
+
+.*: +file format .*arm.*
+
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.l b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.l
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26bd0f49c9f7603d310e3300405a96beec79943f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.l
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[^:]*: Assembler messages:
+[^:]*:13: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.p8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:14: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.p16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:15: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:16: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:17: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.u32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:18: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vabs.s64 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:19: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:20: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.p8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:21: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.p16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:22: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u8 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:23: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u16 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:24: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.u32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:25: Error: bad type in SIMD instruction -- `vneg.s64 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:26: Warning: instruction is UNPREDICTABLE in an IT block
+[^:]*:28: Error: syntax error -- `vnegeq.f32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:29: Error: syntax error -- `vnegeq.f32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:31: Error: instruction missing MVE vector predication code -- `vneg.f32 q0,q1'
+[^:]*:32: Error: vector predicated instruction should be in VPT/VPST block -- `vnegt.f32 q0,q1'
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..aff2e410ab0b934ea520b9ea63c84701f607a510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/arm/mve-vabsneg-bad-2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+.macro cond op
+.irp cond, eq, ne, gt, ge, lt, le
+it \cond
+\op\().s32 q0, q1
+.endr
+.endm
+
+
+
+.syntax unified
+.text
+.thumb
+vabs.p8 q0, q1
+vabs.p16 q0, q1
+vabs.u8 q0, q1
+vabs.u16 q0, q1
+vabs.u32 q0, q1
+vabs.s64 q0, q1
+cond vabs
+vneg.p8 q0, q1
+vneg.p16 q0, q1
+vneg.u8 q0, q1
+vneg.u16 q0, q1
+vneg.u32 q0, q1
+vneg.s64 q0, q1
+cond vneg
+it eq
+vnegeq.f32 q0, q1
+vnegeq.f32 q0, q1
+vpst
+vneg.f32 q0, q1
+vnegt.f32 q0, q1