diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 56b86db2f2..b048ec455b 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2000-10-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	* emultempl/pe.em (_after_open): Delete 'is2' and 'nsyms'
-	local variables - they are not used.
+	local variables - they are not used, but leave in the call to
+	bfd_canonicalize_symtab.
 	(_open_dynamic_archive): Add #ifdef DLL_SUPPORT around use of
 	pe_dll_search_prefix.
 
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/pe.em b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
index 99829a2037..bbf0c942e2 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/pe.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/pe.em
@@ -855,11 +855,18 @@ gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open ()
 		for (sec = is->the_bfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
 		  {
 		    int i;
-		    int symsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (is->the_bfd);
-		    asymbol **symbols = (asymbol **) xmalloc (symsize);
-		    int relsize = bfd_get_reloc_upper_bound (is->the_bfd, sec);
-		    arelent **relocs = (arelent **) xmalloc ((size_t) relsize);
-		    int nrelocs = bfd_canonicalize_reloc (is->the_bfd, sec,
+		    int symsize;
+		    asymbol **symbols;
+		    int relsize;
+		    arelent **relocs;
+		    int nrelocs;
+		    
+		    symsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (is->the_bfd);
+		    symbols = (asymbol **) xmalloc (symsize);
+ 		    bfd_canonicalize_symtab (is->the_bfd, symbols);
+		    relsize = bfd_get_reloc_upper_bound (is->the_bfd, sec);
+		    relocs = (arelent **) xmalloc ((size_t) relsize);
+		    nrelocs = bfd_canonicalize_reloc (is->the_bfd, sec,
 							  relocs, symbols);
 		    for (i=0; i<nrelocs; i++)
 		      {