diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 88030e7438..dd15034934 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR ld/13909
+	* elflink.c (bfd_elf_discard_info): Don't ignore dynamic BFDs.
+
 2012-05-22  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/13909
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index f18b9df923..7722fb5d89 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -12482,9 +12482,6 @@ bfd_elf_discard_info (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
       bed = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
 
-      if ((abfd->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0)
-	continue;
-
       eh = NULL;
       if (!info->relocatable)
 	{