diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a907b4c6db6..dad308cc3d0 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-07-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_set_sdata_syms): Correct __sbss_start value.
+
 2005-07-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_symbol_refs_local_p): Revert the last
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 09a59b486ae..9b306e51ced 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -5307,12 +5307,11 @@ ppc_elf_set_sdata_syms (bfd *obfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     }
 
   s = bfd_get_section_by_name (obfd, ".sbss");
-  _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "__sbss_start", 0, NULL);
-  _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "___sbss_start", 0, NULL);
+  val = 0;
+  _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "__sbss_start", val, s);
+  _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "___sbss_start", val, s);
   if (s != NULL)
     val = s->size;
-  else
-    val = 0;
   _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "__sbss_end", val, s);
   _bfd_elf_provide_symbol (info, "___sbss_end", val, s);
   return TRUE;