diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d0915241f2..131841d889 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Tue Nov 21 13:03:57 1995  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* xcofflink.c (bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections): Clear
+	special_sections before returning when called with a non XCOFF
+	BFD.
+
 	* coffgen.c (coff_renumber_symbols): Sort common symbols with
 	global symbols.
 
diff --git a/bfd/xcofflink.c b/bfd/xcofflink.c
index 78a2a44706..7fd546d407 100644
--- a/bfd/xcofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/xcofflink.c
@@ -2634,7 +2634,11 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (output_bfd, info, libpath, entry,
   bfd_byte *debug_contents = NULL;
 
   if (! XCOFF_XVECP (output_bfd->xvec))
-    return true;
+    {
+      for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+	special_sections[i] = NULL;
+      return true;
+    }
 
   ldinfo.failed = false;
   ldinfo.output_bfd = output_bfd;