diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d3e8bfb7a0..9ff2c3b870 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf64-ppc.c (toc_adjusting_stub_needed): Exit early if section
+	size is zero.
+
 2003-11-17  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
 
 	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_link_hash_copy_indirect): Copy
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index 4554c2c607..96e1d230fc 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -6566,6 +6566,9 @@ toc_adjusting_stub_needed (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *isec)
   if ((isec->flags & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) != 0)
     return 0;
 
+  if (isec->_raw_size == 0)
+    return 0;
+
   /* Hack for linux kernel.  .fixup contains branches, but only back to
      the function that hit an exception.  */
   branch_ok = strcmp (isec->name, ".fixup") == 0;