diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 9da68d5dd01..646ab625551 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_provide_bound_symbols):
+	Don't use a removed section.
+
 2005-05-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* ldmain.c (reloc_overflow): Use output_bfd if the symbol
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
index 69b5c2623d7..3705c251e8b 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -1454,6 +1454,8 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_provide_bound_symbols (const char *sec,
 					    const char *end)
 {
   asection *s = bfd_get_section_by_name (output_bfd, sec);
+  if (s && bfd_section_removed_from_list (output_bfd, s))
+    s = NULL;
   _bfd_elf_provide_section_bound_symbols (&link_info, s, start, end);
 }