diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ab665ed08ec..9fcc6fc0334 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-10-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* peXXigen.c (_bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common): Simplify
+	PE_DEBUG_DATA size checks.
+
 2018-10-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 23781
diff --git a/bfd/peXXigen.c b/bfd/peXXigen.c
index 1271d4edbbe..e0b494a2897 100644
--- a/bfd/peXXigen.c
+++ b/bfd/peXXigen.c
@@ -2984,8 +2984,8 @@ _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common (bfd * ibfd, bfd * obfd)
 	    (struct external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY *)(data + (addr - section->vma));
 
 	  /* PR 17512: file: 0f15796a.  */
-	  if (ope->pe_opthdr.DataDirectory[PE_DEBUG_DATA].Size + (addr - section->vma)
-	      > bfd_get_section_size (section))
+	  if ((unsigned long) ope->pe_opthdr.DataDirectory[PE_DEBUG_DATA].Size
+	      > section->size - (addr - section->vma))
 	    {
 	      /* xgettext:c-format */
 	      _bfd_error_handler
@@ -2996,16 +2996,6 @@ _bfd_XX_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data_common (bfd * ibfd, bfd * obfd)
 	      free (data);
 	      return FALSE;
 	    }
-	  /* PR 23110.  */
-	  else if (ope->pe_opthdr.DataDirectory[PE_DEBUG_DATA].Size < 0)
-	    {
-	      /* xgettext:c-format */
-	      _bfd_error_handler
-		(_("%pB: Data Directory size (%#lx) is negative"),
-		 obfd, ope->pe_opthdr.DataDirectory[PE_DEBUG_DATA].Size);
-	      free (data);
-	      return FALSE;
-	    }
 
 	  for (i = 0; i < ope->pe_opthdr.DataDirectory[PE_DEBUG_DATA].Size
 		 / sizeof (struct external_IMAGE_DEBUG_DIRECTORY); i++)