diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index a76dcb31969..b83c11e255b 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-04-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh: Skip empty EMULATION_NAME.
+
 2015-04-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (ELF_CLFAGS): New.
diff --git a/ld/emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh b/ld/emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh
index 723eac8067a..af8f01ddf43 100644
--- a/ld/emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh
+++ b/ld/emulparams/elf32bmipn32-defs.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ LITTLE_OUTPUT_FORMAT="elf32-littlemips"
 TEMPLATE_NAME=elf32
 EXTRA_EM_FILE=mipself
 
-case "$EMULATION_NAME" in
-elf32*n32*) ELFSIZE=32 ;;
-elf64*) ELFSIZE=64 ;;
+case x"$EMULATION_NAME" in
+xelf32*n32*) ELFSIZE=32 ;;
+xelf64*) ELFSIZE=64 ;;
+x) ;;
 *) echo $0: unhandled emulation $EMULATION_NAME >&2; exit 1 ;;
 esac