diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index edae313573..5a81642f61 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-09  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf64-x86-64.c (elf64_x86_64_relocate_section): For -fno-pic
+	error, test input_section flags rather than sec.
+
 2004-08-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
index 72b065281e..683cf8c614 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
@@ -1950,8 +1950,8 @@ elf64_x86_64_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
 	case R_X86_64_PC32:
 	  if (info->shared
 	      && !SYMBOL_REFERENCES_LOCAL (info, h)
-	      && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
-	      && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+	      && (input_section->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
+	      && (input_section->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
 	    {
 	      (*_bfd_error_handler)
 		(_("%s: relocation %s against `%s' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC"),