diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 8c3669b48a..5c2445c63b 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2014-11-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
+	PR binutils/17512
+	* compress.c (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Improve test for
+	linker created objects.
+
 	PR binutils/17533
 	* archive.c (_bfd_slurp_extended_name_table): Handle archives with
 	corrupt extended name tables.
diff --git a/bfd/compress.c b/bfd/compress.c
index 083a7df1c9..683156209a 100644
--- a/bfd/compress.c
+++ b/bfd/compress.c
@@ -179,8 +179,9 @@ bfd_get_full_section_contents (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte **ptr)
     case COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE:
       /* PR binutils/17512: Avoid malloc or file reading errors due to
 	 ridiculous section sizes.  But ignore linker created objects
-	 with no contents (yet).  */
+	 and bfds with no contents (yet).  */
       if (bfd_get_size (abfd) > 0
+	  && (sec->flags & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) == 0
 	  && sz > (bfd_size_type) bfd_get_size (abfd))
 	return FALSE;