diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9f0c014dea..02a47ace9d 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-2002-01-19  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
+2002-01-26  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_check_relocs): Don't set reltext
+	for non-allocated sections.
+
+2002-01-25  Mark Kettenis  <kettenis@gnu.org>
 
 	* elf.c (elfcore_write_prstatus): Make sure we pass the address of
 	prstat.pr_reg even if it is a struct.
 
-2002-01-22  Steve Ellcey <sje@cup.hp.com>
+2002-01-25  Steve Ellcey <sje@cup.hp.com>
 
 	* bfd/elfxx-ia64.c: Reset AIX vector function overrides for HP-UX.
 
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
index 293d62018c..ef6e853615 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Alpha specific support for 64-bit ELF
-   Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
+   Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>.
 
@@ -2501,7 +2501,8 @@ elf64_alpha_check_relocs (abfd, info, sec, relocs)
 		  rent->srel = sreloc;
 		  rent->rtype = r_type;
 		  rent->count = 1;
-		  rent->reltext = (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0;
+		  rent->reltext = ((sec->flags & (SEC_READONLY | SEC_ALLOC))
+				   == (SEC_READONLY | SEC_ALLOC));
 
 		  rent->next = h->reloc_entries;
 		  h->reloc_entries = rent;