diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 2073604519..1de0a130f8 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-05-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Don't allocate
+	space for bss .plt.
+
 2002-05-31  Graeme Peterson  <gp@qnx.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (BFD32_BACKENDS): Add elf32-i386qnx.lo.
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
index ff956a5830..565df01481 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
@@ -3923,6 +3923,10 @@ ppc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections (output_bfd, info)
 	  continue;
 	}
 
+      /* .plt is in the bss section.  We don't initialise it.  */
+      if ((s->flags & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
+	continue;
+
       /* Allocate memory for the section contents.  We use bfd_zalloc
 	 here in case unused entries are not reclaimed before the
 	 section's contents are written out.  This should not happen,