diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index a4b6949333..b86e203895 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* ldexp.c (try_copy_symbol_type): Remove unnecessary check.
+
 2016-12-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR ld/20910
diff --git a/ld/ldexp.c b/ld/ldexp.c
index cb5e093551..c962c5e0f8 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.c
+++ b/ld/ldexp.c
@@ -990,16 +990,12 @@ is_align_conditional (const etree_type *tree)
 static void
 try_copy_symbol_type (struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h, etree_type *src)
 {
-  if (src->type.node_class == etree_name)
-    {
-      struct bfd_link_hash_entry *hsrc;
+  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *hsrc;
 
-      hsrc = bfd_link_hash_lookup (link_info.hash, src->name.name,
-				    FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
-      if (hsrc)
-	bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type (link_info.output_bfd, h,
-						    hsrc);
-    }
+  hsrc = bfd_link_hash_lookup (link_info.hash, src->name.name,
+			       FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+  if (hsrc != NULL)
+    bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type (link_info.output_bfd, h, hsrc);
 }
 
 static void