diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6085db85db..679edd4138 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-05  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_discard_info): Set section's
+	rawsize if changing size.
+
 2014-08-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR ld/17226
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index a72ccc38b2..ee0204d8d6 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -12380,6 +12380,8 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_discard_info (bfd *abfd, struct elf_reloc_cookie *cookie,
   if (skip != 0)
     {
       mips_elf_section_data (o)->u.tdata = tdata;
+      if (o->rawsize == 0)
+	o->rawsize = o->size;
       o->size -= skip * PDR_SIZE;
       ret = TRUE;
     }