diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a677680461..b9b13b6cc5 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* elf32-metag.c: Use bfd_get_linker_section to get SEC_LINKER_CREATED
 	sections.
+	(elf_metag_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't error on zero size dynbss
+	symbol.
 
 2013-02-08  Yufeng Zhang  <yufeng.zhang@arm.com>
 
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-metag.c b/bfd/elf32-metag.c
index e0e333892f..8a696be0bc 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-metag.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-metag.c
@@ -2570,13 +2570,6 @@ elf_metag_adjust_dynamic_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
       return TRUE;
     }
 
-  if (eh->size == 0)
-    {
-      (*_bfd_error_handler) (_("dynamic variable `%s' is zero size"),
-			     hh->eh.root.root.string);
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-
   /* We must allocate the symbol in our .dynbss section, which will
      become part of the .bss section of the executable.  There will be
      an entry for this symbol in the .dynsym section.  The dynamic
@@ -2592,7 +2585,7 @@ elf_metag_adjust_dynamic_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
   /* We must generate a COPY reloc to tell the dynamic linker to
      copy the initial value out of the dynamic object and into the
      runtime process image.  */
-  if ((eh->root.u.def.section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0)
+  if ((eh->root.u.def.section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0 && eh->size != 0)
     {
       htab->srelbss->size += sizeof (Elf32_External_Rela);
       eh->needs_copy = 1;