diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 7789ed66d8..12d643be02 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2005-06-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR 992
+	* ldexp.c (exp_mark_used_section): Set SEC_KEEP on current
+	section for etree_assign, etree_provide and etree_provided.
+	Call fold_binary on etree_binary.
+
+	* ldlang.c (lang_mark_used_section_1): Handle load base.
+
 2005-06-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* ldmain.c (link_callbacks): Add einfo.
diff --git a/ld/ldexp.c b/ld/ldexp.c
index 1790e8c2a3..7d63c8d9ac 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.c
+++ b/ld/ldexp.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,8 @@ align_n (bfd_vma value, bfd_vma align)
 void
 exp_mark_used_section (etree_type *tree, asection *current_section)
 {
+  bfd_vma dot = 0;
+
   switch (tree->type.node_class)
     {
     case etree_value:
@@ -1232,6 +1234,8 @@ exp_mark_used_section (etree_type *tree, asection *current_section)
       break;
 
     case etree_binary:
+      fold_binary (tree, current_section, lang_allocating_phase_enum,
+		   dot, &dot, TRUE);
       break;
 
     case etree_trinary:
@@ -1243,12 +1247,13 @@ exp_mark_used_section (etree_type *tree, asection *current_section)
       if (tree->assign.dst[0] != '.' || tree->assign.dst[1] != 0)
 	{
 	  etree_value_type result;
-	  bfd_vma dot = 0;
 
 	  result = exp_fold_tree_1 (tree->assign.src,
 				    current_section,
 				    lang_allocating_phase_enum,
 				    dot, &dot, TRUE);
+	  if (current_section != bfd_abs_section_ptr)
+	    current_section->flags |= SEC_KEEP;
 	  if (result.valid_p)
 	    {
 	      bfd_boolean create;
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index b4f767d6e8..973ed4105a 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -3065,7 +3065,12 @@ lang_mark_used_section_1
 
 	    os = &(s->output_section_statement);
 	    if (os->bfd_section != NULL)
-	      lang_mark_used_section_1 (os->children.head, os);
+	      {
+		lang_mark_used_section_1 (os->children.head, os);
+		if (os->load_base)
+		  exp_mark_used_section (os->load_base,
+					 bfd_abs_section_ptr);
+	      }
 	  }
 	  break;
 	case lang_wild_statement_enum: