diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2506e6870c..fac836a2b5 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-09-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* read.c (pseudo_set): Don't set undefined symbols to expr_section.
+
 2005-09-20  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
 
 	* dwarf2dbg.c (process_entries): Fix uninitialized variable warning.
diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index 2d0404ffb8..8e4e1bce60 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -3259,7 +3259,10 @@ pseudo_set (symbolS *symbolP)
 	  copy_symbol_attributes (symbolP, s);
 	  break;
 	}
-      /* Fall thru */
+      S_SET_SEGMENT (symbolP, undefined_section);
+      symbol_set_value_expression (symbolP, &exp);
+      set_zero_frag (symbolP);
+      break;
 
     default:
       /* The value is some complex expression.  */