diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 88c1a024d73..3f1d2ca1d79 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Fri Aug 12 11:22:40 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@sanguine.cygnus.com)
 
+	* elfcode.h (section_from_elf_index): Correct check for invalid
+	section index.
+
 	* elfcode.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): If there is no symbol
 	table, try using the dynamic symbol table.  From Eric Youngdale
 	<ericy@cais.cais.com>.
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 4cad55d40a4..f6e14fa68eb 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -2524,7 +2524,7 @@ section_from_elf_index (abfd, index)
   if (index == SHN_COMMON)
     return bfd_com_section_ptr;
 
-  if (index > elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shnum)
+  if (index >= elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shnum)
     return NULL;
 
   {