diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6ca89bf795..c4d5312eb8 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-09-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 4606
+	* gcore.c (gcore_create_callback): Clear SEC_HAS_CONTENTS rather
+	than setting SEC_NEVER_LOAD on sections that need not be copied.
+
 2010-09-14  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	* psympriv.h (add_psymbol_to_list, init_psymbol_list)
@@ -109,7 +115,7 @@
 
 	* v850-tdep.c (v850_gdbarch_init): Change the v850's `char'
 	type to be signed.
-	
+
 2010-09-09  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (fixup_partial_die): Do not set dummy name for
diff --git a/gdb/gcore.c b/gdb/gcore.c
index 595c6431dd..9fc0a7f355 100644
--- a/gdb/gcore.c
+++ b/gdb/gcore.c
@@ -426,8 +426,7 @@ gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
 	       || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
 	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
 	    {
-	      flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
-	      flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
+	      flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
 	      goto keep;	/* break out of two nested for loops */
 	    }
 	}