diff --git a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
index 4f3fe47..a858bd1 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
@@ -5488,6 +5488,40 @@ programmer_friendly_fixup (aarch64_instruction *instr)
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/* Check for encodings that will cause unpredictable behavior */
+
+static void
+warn_unpredictable (aarch64_instruction *instr, char *str)
+{
+  aarch64_inst *base = &instr->base;
+  const aarch64_opcode *opcode = base->opcode;
+  const aarch64_opnd_info *opnds = base->operands;
+  switch (opcode->iclass)
+    {
+    case ldst_pos:
+    case ldst_imm9:
+    case ldst_unscaled:
+    case ldst_unpriv:
+      if (opnds[0].reg.regno == opnds[1].reg.regno
+	  && opnds[1].addr.writeback)
+	as_warn (_("unpredictable register after writeback -- `%s'"), str);
+      break;
+    case ldstpair_off:
+    case ldstnapair_offs:
+    case ldstpair_indexed:
+      if ((opnds[0].reg.regno == opnds[2].reg.regno
+	    || opnds[1].reg.regno == opnds[2].reg.regno)
+	  && opnds[2].addr.writeback)
+	    as_warn (_("unpredictable register after writeback -- `%s'"), str);
+      if ((opcode->opcode & (1 << 22))
+	  && opnds[0].reg.regno == opnds[1].reg.regno)
+	    as_warn (_("unpredictable load of register pair -- `%s'"), str);
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
 /* A wrapper function to interface with libopcodes on encoding and
    record the error message if there is any.
 
@@ -5620,6 +5654,8 @@ md_assemble (char *str)
 	      return;
 	    }
 
+	  warn_unpredictable (&inst, str);
+
 	  if (inst.reloc.type == BFD_RELOC_UNUSED
 	      || !inst.reloc.need_libopcodes_p)
 	    output_inst (NULL);
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.l b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.l
index 322e3c0..d5fdba8 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.l
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.l
@@ -105,3 +105,12 @@
 [^:]*:109: Error: operand 5 should be an integer register -- `sys #0,c0,c0,#0,kk'
 [^:]*:110: Error: unexpected comma before the omitted optional operand at operand 5 -- `sys #0,c0,c0,#0,'
 [^:]*:112: Error: selected processor does not support `casp w0,w1,w2,w3,\[x4\]'
+[^:]*:115: Warning: unpredictable load of register pair -- `ldp x0,x0,\[sp\]'
+[^:]*:116: Warning: unpredictable load of register pair -- `ldp d0,d0,\[sp\]'
+[^:]*:117: Warning: unpredictable load of register pair -- `ldp x0,x0,\[sp\],#16'
+[^:]*:118: Warning: unpredictable load of register pair -- `ldnp x0,x0,\[sp\]'
+[^:]*:121: Warning: unpredictable register after writeback -- `ldr x0,\[x0,#8\]!'
+[^:]*:122: Warning: unpredictable register after writeback -- `str x0,\[x0,#8\]!'
+[^:]*:123: Warning: unpredictable register after writeback -- `str x1,\[x1\],#8'
+[^:]*:124: Warning: unpredictable register after writeback -- `stp x0,x1,\[x0,#16\]!'
+[^:]*:125: Warning: unpredictable register after writeback -- `ldp x0,x1,\[x1\],#16'
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.s
index b82ac8b..88001da 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.s
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/diagnostic.s
@@ -110,3 +110,16 @@
 	sys	#0, c0, c0, #0,
 
 	casp w0,w1,w2,w3,[x4]
+
+	# test warning of unpredictable load pairs
+	ldp     x0, x0, [sp]
+	ldp     d0, d0, [sp]
+	ldp     x0, x0, [sp], #16
+	ldnp    x0, x0, [sp]
+
+	# test warning of unpredictable writeback
+	ldr	x0, [x0, #8]!
+	str	x0, [x0, #8]!
+	str	x1, [x1], #8
+	stp	x0, x1, [x0, #16]!
+	ldp	x0, x1, [x1], #16