diff --git a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_vfp.S b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_vfp.S
index 50cfd984a2..14fb86dd71 100644
--- a/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_vfp.S
+++ b/libavcodec/arm/dsputil_vfp.S
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "asm.S"
 
-        .fpu neon       @ required for gas to accept UAL syntax
+        .syntax unified
 /*
  * VFP is a floating point coprocessor used in some ARM cores. VFP11 has 1 cycle
  * throughput for almost all the instructions (except for double precision