diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index aaba40691ee..f2b5f9c4aca 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-03-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Skip
+	relocations in discarded sections.
+
 2014-03-26  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_convert_architecture): Add
diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index 75ef7aff292..bfb1ebba013 100644
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -3059,6 +3059,11 @@ _bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 	  else
 	    {
 	      sec = sections[symndx];
+
+	      /* If the output section has been discarded then ignore this reloc.  */
+	      if (sec->output_section->vma == 0)
+		continue;
+
               val = (sec->output_section->vma
 		     + sec->output_offset
 		     + sym->n_value);