diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 46fb2d1683..399cdaa0bd 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-08-08  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* ppc-linux-tdep.c (ppc_linux_spe_context_lookup): Do not
+	attempt to relocate a TLS variable offset.
+
 2015-08-08  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* spu-multiarch.c (parse_spufs_run): Bail out if inferior is not
diff --git a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
index 69c791e39f..56d9994476 100644
--- a/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ ppc_linux_spe_context_lookup (struct objfile *objfile)
     {
       spe_context_objfile = objfile;
       spe_context_lm_addr = svr4_fetch_objfile_link_map (objfile);
-      spe_context_offset = BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym);
+      spe_context_offset = MSYMBOL_VALUE_RAW_ADDRESS (sym.minsym);
       spe_context_cache_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
       spe_context_cache_address = 0;
       return;