diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 28f8b3280b..a6dc6493a4 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-26  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
+
+	* elflink.h (elf_link_input_bfd): Complain about relocations
+	against local symbols in discarded sections.
+
 2002-03-26  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elflink.h (elf_gc_mark): Don't recurse into non-ELF sections.
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 43abe17bce..fa960291f7 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -6662,8 +6662,7 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
 		      if (sec != NULL && elf_discarded_section (sec))
 			{
 #if BFD_VERSION_DATE < 20031005
-			  if ((o->flags & SEC_DEBUGGING) != 0
-			      || (sec->flags & SEC_LINK_ONCE) != 0)
+			  if ((o->flags & SEC_DEBUGGING) != 0)
 			    {
 #if BFD_VERSION_DATE > 20021005
 			      (*finfo->info->callbacks->warning)