Index: llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,12 @@
                                 int64_t Expr, SMLoc Loc) {
   int64_t IntNumValues;
   if (!NumValues.evaluateAsAbsolute(IntNumValues, getAssemblerPtr())) {
+    // Byte fills don't need to know NumValues.
+    if (Size == 1) {
+      emitFill(NumValues, Expr, Loc);
+      return;
+    }
+
     getContext().reportError(Loc, "expected absolute expression");
     return;
   }
Index: llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -3141,7 +3141,6 @@
     Warning(ExprLoc, "'.fill' directive pattern has been truncated to 32-bits");
 
   getStreamer().emitFill(*NumValues, FillSize, FillExpr, NumValuesLoc);
-
   return false;
 }
 
Index: llvm/test/MC/X86/pr33586.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/MC/X86/pr33586.s
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple i686-unknown-unknown %s -filetype=obj -o /dev/null 
+
+.text
+early_idt_handler_array:
+ i = 0
+ .rept 32
+ .ifeq (0x00027d00 >> i) & 1
+ push $0
+.endif
+ push $i
+ jmp early_idt_handler_common
+ i = i + 1
+     .fill (early_idt_handler_array - .) + i*9 , 1, 0xcc
+ .endr
+.type early_idt_handler_array, @function
+early_idt_handler_common: