diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index cbb327ec9c7..b689ad9967f 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/arm/unknown-elf.h (UNIQUE_SECTION_P): Do not allow
+	-fdata-sections to override the section attribute of a DECL.
+
 2000-10-31  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@sibyte.com>
 
 	* libgcc2.c (__shtab): Remove __shtab variable.
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h b/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
index d0536291bfe..9b883d0e061 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/unknown-elf.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ rdata_section ()						\
 
 #define MAKE_DECL_ONE_ONLY(DECL) (DECL_WEAK (DECL) = 1)
 
-#define UNIQUE_SECTION_P(DECL) (DECL_ONE_ONLY (DECL) || flag_data_sections)
+#define UNIQUE_SECTION_P(DECL) (DECL_ONE_ONLY (DECL))
 
 #define UNIQUE_SECTION(DECL, RELOC)					\
   do									\