diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f3afdca153..63fd6fc48a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-14  Daniel Jacobowitz  <drow@mvista.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_gots): Weaken assert for local
+	GOT entries.
+
 2003-11-13  Martin Schwidefsky  <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* elf32-s390.c (elf_s390_relocate_section): Only convert R_390_32
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index b5456831e9..b7224a5d07 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ mips_elf_merge_gots (bfd2got_, p)
 	 got entries, since they're all in the master got_entries hash
 	 table anyway.  */
 
-      BFD_ASSERT (old_lcount + lcount == arg->primary->local_gotno);
+      BFD_ASSERT (old_lcount + lcount >= arg->primary->local_gotno);
       BFD_ASSERT (old_gcount + gcount >= arg->primary->global_gotno);
 
       arg->primary_count = arg->primary->local_gotno
@@ -2287,7 +2287,7 @@ mips_elf_merge_gots (bfd2got_, p)
 
       htab_delete (g->got_entries);
 
-      BFD_ASSERT (old_lcount + lcount == arg->current->local_gotno);
+      BFD_ASSERT (old_lcount + lcount >= arg->current->local_gotno);
       BFD_ASSERT (old_gcount + gcount >= arg->current->global_gotno);
 
       arg->current_count = arg->current->local_gotno