diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index f8fa8b6b82b..5cf05cc1bc2 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-10-22  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
+
+	* objcopy.c (setup_section): Don't omit bfd_copy_private_bfd_data
+	call when extract_symbol.
+
 2015-10-21  Ronald Hoogenboom  <rhoogenboom@irdeto.com>
 
 	PR binutils/19104
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 6f0f62a0f9f..0ff85251e59 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -3089,11 +3089,6 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
   isection->output_section = osection;
   isection->output_offset = 0;
 
-  /* Do not copy backend data if --extract-symbol is passed; anything
-     that needs to look at the section contents will fail.  */
-  if (extract_symbol)
-    return;
-
   if ((isection->flags & SEC_GROUP) != 0)
     {
       asymbol *gsym = group_signature (isection);