diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6d449d164e..a3e243f223 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-09-22  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_merge_ind_symbols): Don't merge
+	the relocation count between different .reloc sections.
+
 2002-09-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): Allow ".sbss.*" and
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
index af99b351bd..e1d095d523 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-alpha.c
@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ elf64_alpha_merge_ind_symbols (hi, dummy)
 	{
 	  rin = ri->next;
 	  for (rs = rsh; rs ; rs = rs->next)
-	    if (ri->rtype == rs->rtype)
+	    if (ri->rtype == rs->rtype && ri->srel == rs->srel)
 	      {
 		rs->count += ri->count;
 		goto found_reloc;