diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index e26264ddf4..5e17f89540 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_edit_opd): Don't call dec_dynrel_count
+	when relocatable.
+
 2005-08-15  Bob Wilson  <bob.wilson@acm.org>
 
 	* elf32-xtensa.c (ELF_MACHINE_CODE, ELF_MACHINE_ALT1): Swap values
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index 545fae8350..31ad3d0e30 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -6461,8 +6461,9 @@ ppc64_elf_edit_opd (bfd *obfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
 
 	      if (skip)
 		{
-		  if (!dec_dynrel_count (rel->r_info, sec, info,
-					 NULL, h, sym_sec))
+		  if (!info->relocatable
+		      && !dec_dynrel_count (rel->r_info, sec, info,
+					    NULL, h, sym_sec))
 		    goto error_ret;
 		}
 	      else