diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6b7e8a3a7c..3682b84046 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jun 16 23:36:23 1994  Jeff Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
+
+	* elfcode.h (elf_link_input_bfd): Don't try to read local symbols
+	if there aren't any in the input file.
+
 Thu Jun 16 14:25:22 1994  Eric Youngdale  (ericy@cais.cais.com)
 
 	* i386linux.c: Many new functions and definitions for linker
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 79b85a39ad..26b666e0d2 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -5850,10 +5850,11 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
     }
 
   /* Read the local symbols.  */
-  if (bfd_seek (input_bfd, symtab_hdr->sh_offset, SEEK_SET) != 0
-      || (bfd_read (finfo->external_syms, sizeof (Elf_External_Sym),
-		    locsymcount, input_bfd)
-	  != locsymcount * sizeof (Elf_External_Sym)))
+  if (locsymcount > 0
+      && (bfd_seek (input_bfd, symtab_hdr->sh_offset, SEEK_SET) != 0
+      	  || (bfd_read (finfo->external_syms, sizeof (Elf_External_Sym),
+			locsymcount, input_bfd)
+	      != locsymcount * sizeof (Elf_External_Sym))))
     return false;
 
   /* Swap in the local symbols and write out the ones which we know