diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6f6b10287b..a677680461 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-02-08  Markos Chandras  <markos.chandras@imgtec.com>
+
+	* elf32-metag.c: Use bfd_get_linker_section to get SEC_LINKER_CREATED
+	sections.
+
 2013-02-08  Yufeng Zhang  <yufeng.zhang@arm.com>
 
 	* elf64-aarch64.c (elf64_aarch64_grok_prstatus): Change 'size' from
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-metag.c b/bfd/elf32-metag.c
index 2a0819b235..e0e333892f 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-metag.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-metag.c
@@ -2051,7 +2051,7 @@ elf_metag_create_dynamic_sections (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   if (! _bfd_elf_create_dynamic_sections (abfd, info))
     return FALSE;
 
-  htab->sgot = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".got");
+  htab->sgot = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".got");
   if (! htab->sgot)
     return FALSE;
 
@@ -2083,13 +2083,13 @@ elf_metag_create_dynamic_sections (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
   elf_hash_table (info)->hgot = eh;
 
-  htab->splt = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".plt");
-  htab->srelplt = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".rela.plt");
+  htab->splt = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".plt");
+  htab->srelplt = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".rela.plt");
 
-  htab->srelgot = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".rela.got");
+  htab->srelgot = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".rela.got");
 
-  htab->sdynbss = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".dynbss");
-  htab->srelbss = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".rela.bss");
+  htab->sdynbss = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".dynbss");
+  htab->srelbss = bfd_get_linker_section (abfd, ".rela.bss");
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ elf_metag_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
       /* Set the contents of the .interp section to the interpreter.  */
       if (info->executable)
 	{
-	  s = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".interp");
+	  s = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".interp");
 	  if (s == NULL)
 	    abort ();
 	  s->size = sizeof ELF_DYNAMIC_INTERPRETER;
@@ -3306,7 +3306,7 @@ elf_metag_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
   htab = metag_link_hash_table (info);
   dynobj = htab->etab.dynobj;
 
-  sdyn = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".dynamic");
+  sdyn = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".dynamic");
 
   if (htab->etab.dynamic_sections_created)
     {