diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 600802db46..f970e66459 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-03-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 18147
+	* powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::Relocate::relocate): Don't report
+	relocation errors for branches to strong undefined symbols.
+
 2015-03-23  Rafael Ávila de Espíndola <rafael.espindola@gmail.com>
 
 	* merge.cc (Object_merge_map::get_input_merge_map): Make it const.
diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc
index d9a61ad0af..47bdc136e6 100644
--- a/gold/powerpc.cc
+++ b/gold/powerpc.cc
@@ -7792,7 +7792,7 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::Relocate::relocate(
   if (status != Powerpc_relocate_functions<size, big_endian>::STATUS_OK
       && (has_stub_value
 	  || !(gsym != NULL
-	       && gsym->is_weak_undefined()
+	       && gsym->is_undefined()
 	       && is_branch_reloc(r_type))))
     {
       gold_error_at_location(relinfo, relnum, rela.get_r_offset(),