diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ee9384375..627c584397 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-03-16  Andrew Stubbs  <ams@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* dwarf2.c (read_section): Always use rawsize, if available.
+
 2009-03-01  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
 
 	Backport from git Libtool:
diff --git a/bfd/dwarf2.c b/bfd/dwarf2.c
index 40b83b7175..05b13041e0 100644
--- a/bfd/dwarf2.c
+++ b/bfd/dwarf2.c
@@ -432,9 +432,9 @@ read_section (bfd *           abfd,
 	  return FALSE;
 	}
 
+      *section_size = msec->rawsize ? msec->rawsize : msec->size;
       if (syms)
 	{
-	  *section_size = msec->size;
 	  *section_buffer
 	      = bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents (abfd, msec, NULL, syms);
 	  if (! *section_buffer)
@@ -442,7 +442,6 @@ read_section (bfd *           abfd,
 	}
       else
 	{
-	  *section_size = msec->rawsize ? msec->rawsize : msec->size;
 	  *section_buffer = bfd_malloc (*section_size);
 	  if (! *section_buffer)
 	    return FALSE;