diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 9df5fd37f2..22567b9e1a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Fri Dec 13 13:00:33 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* write.c (adjust_reloc_syms): Don't reduce a reloc against a
+	linkonce section into a reloc against the section symbol.
+
 	* config/tc-mips.c (mips16_macro): Remove nop instructions after
 	branch instructions.
 
diff --git a/gas/write.c b/gas/write.c
index a7649bf93f..daf8738ba9 100644
--- a/gas/write.c
+++ b/gas/write.c
@@ -718,6 +718,24 @@ adjust_reloc_syms (abfd, sec, xxx)
 	    goto done;
 	  }
 
+#ifdef BFD_ASSEMBLER
+	/* Don't try to reduce relocs which refer to .linkonce
+           sections.  It can lead to confusion when a debugging
+           section refers to a .linkonce section.  I hope this will
+           always be correct.  */
+	if (symsec != sec
+	    && ((bfd_get_section_flags (stdoutput, symsec) & SEC_LINK_ONCE)
+		!= 0))
+	  {
+	    fixp->fx_addsy->sy_used_in_reloc = 1;
+#ifdef UNDEFINED_DIFFERENCE_OK
+	    if (fixp->fx_subsy != NULL)
+	      fixp->fx_subsy->sy_used_in_reloc = 1;
+#endif
+	    goto done;
+	  }
+#endif
+
 	/* Since we're reducing to section symbols, don't attempt to reduce
 	   anything that's already using one.  */
 	if (sym->bsym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)