diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 78cb5def94f..aa141693609 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-02-15  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>
+
+	PR ld/22832
+	* elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_check_relocs) <R_SPARC_TLS_GD_CALL>:
+	Pass FALSE instead of TRUE as 'create' argument to bfd_link_hash_lookup
+	and assert that the result of the call is not NULL.
+
 2018-02-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR 22823
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c b/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
index 83ead7570b3..10c5acd1045 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-sparc.c
@@ -1604,8 +1604,9 @@ _bfd_sparc_elf_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
 
 	  /* Essentially R_SPARC_WPLT30 relocs against __tls_get_addr.  */
 	  h = (struct elf_link_hash_entry *)
-	       bfd_link_hash_lookup (info->hash, "__tls_get_addr", TRUE,
+	       bfd_link_hash_lookup (info->hash, "__tls_get_addr", FALSE,
 				     FALSE, TRUE);
+	  BFD_ASSERT (h != NULL);
 	  /* Fall through */
 
 	case R_SPARC_WPLT30: