diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index edf983ae319..1a84fc5ea84 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-07-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR ld/17110
+	* elf32-sh.c (sh_elf_osec_to_segment): Do not look for output
+	segments in input bfds.
+
 2014-07-08  Will Newton  <will.newton@linaro.org>
 
 	* elf32-arm.c (ELF_MAXPAGESIZE): Increase the default
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-sh.c b/bfd/elf32-sh.c
index 34dfea2197e..5085830d8af 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-sh.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-sh.c
@@ -3676,7 +3676,9 @@ sh_elf_osec_to_segment (bfd *output_bfd, asection *osec)
 {
   Elf_Internal_Phdr *p = NULL;
 
-  if (output_bfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+  if (output_bfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour
+      /* PR ld/17110: Do not look for output segments in an input bfd.  */
+      && output_bfd->direction != read_direction)
     p = _bfd_elf_find_segment_containing_section (output_bfd, osec);
 
   /* FIXME: Nothing ever says what this index is relative to.  The kernel