diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index bca31fb7dc..d90217b65c 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-06-18  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@broadcom.com>
+
+	* emultempl/mipself.em (mips_elf${ELFSIZE}_check_sections): Check
+	section flags for SEC_DATA, rather than for SEC_CODE being unset.
+
 2002-06-18  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@broadcom.com>
 
 	* emultempl/mipself.em (mips_elf${ELFSIZE}_check_sections): Fix
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/mipself.em b/ld/emultempl/mipself.em
index d3054e882d..62a53e0a57 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/mipself.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/mipself.em
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ mips_elf${ELFSIZE}_check_sections (abfd, sec, sdatasec)
      asection *sec;
      PTR sdatasec;
 {
-  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_CODE) == 0
+  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA)
       && sec != (asection *) sdatasec
       && sec->reloc_count != 0)
     einfo ("%B%X: section %s has relocs; cannot use --embedded-relocs\n",