diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f1d93435223..f50ae75d239 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-04-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR ld/18222
+	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy): Don't report an error
+	on adding a protected visibility variable to .dynbss.
+
 2015-04-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	Revert 2015-03-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 183b313e3f4..5bc9e9b9d48 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -2674,13 +2674,9 @@ _bfd_elf_adjust_dynamic_copy (struct bfd_link_info *info,
   dynbss->size += h->size;
 
   if (h->protected_def)
-    {
-      info->callbacks->einfo
-	(_("%P: copy reloc against protected `%T' is invalid\n"),
-	 h->root.root.string);
-      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
-      return FALSE;
-    }
+    info->callbacks->einfo
+      (_("%P: copy reloc against protected `%T' is dangerous\n"),
+       h->root.root.string);
 
   return TRUE;
 }