diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog
index 0ccf1c1063..7fb0cb3de0 100644
--- a/include/ChangeLog
+++ b/include/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-06-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf/internal.h (ELF_SECTION_IN_SEGMENT): Revert last change.
+
 2018-06-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	2.31 branch created.
diff --git a/include/elf/internal.h b/include/elf/internal.h
index b012820f6c..05f9fab89c 100644
--- a/include/elf/internal.h
+++ b/include/elf/internal.h
@@ -342,10 +342,8 @@ struct elf_segment_map
 	   && (((sec_hdr)->sh_offset - (segment)->p_offset		\
 		+ ELF_SECTION_SIZE(sec_hdr, segment))			\
 	       <= (segment)->p_filesz)))				\
-   /* SHT_NOBITS sections with SHF_ALLOC must have VMAs within the	\
-      segment.  */							\
+   /* SHF_ALLOC sections must have VMAs within the segment.  */		\
    && (!(check_vma)							\
-       || (sec_hdr)->sh_type != SHT_NOBITS				\
        || ((sec_hdr)->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0			\
        || ((sec_hdr)->sh_addr >= (segment)->p_vaddr			\
 	   && (!(strict)						\