diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index dd8612d452c..010c9003515 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-03-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* elflink.c (elf_mark_used_section): Check bfd_is_const_section
+	for special sections.
+
 2005-03-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Delete.
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 0bb49ea1c8d..1ddfe182c61 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -9012,7 +9012,9 @@ elf_mark_used_section (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h,
       || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
     {
       asection *s = h->root.u.def.section;
-      if (s != NULL && s->output_section != NULL && s->output_section != s)
+      if (s != NULL
+	  && s->output_section != NULL
+	  && !bfd_is_const_section (s->output_section))
 	s->output_section->flags |= SEC_KEEP;
     }