diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f413454ae3..1f82cdc14a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* elfxx-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_relax_section): Resize .rela.got
+	only if it isn't NULL.
+
 2005-08-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elf32-i386.c (elf_howto_table): Undo the overflow change for
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c b/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c
index 7c1837b656..85f715ce2e 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c
@@ -1338,7 +1338,8 @@ elfNN_ia64_relax_section (abfd, sec, link_info, again)
       elfNN_ia64_dyn_sym_traverse (ia64_info, allocate_local_got, &data);
       ia64_info->got_sec->size = data.ofs;
 
-      if (ia64_info->root.dynamic_sections_created)
+      if (ia64_info->root.dynamic_sections_created
+	  && ia64_info->rel_got_sec != NULL)
 	{
 	  /* Resize .rela.got.  */
 	  ia64_info->rel_got_sec->size = 0;