diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 285d8ff19b..6dc58086de 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* config/tc-hppa.c (pa_comm): Set bfd_com_section segment.
+
 2005-11-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* configure.tgt (i386-*-gnu*): Set em=gnu.
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-hppa.c b/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
index 3886cb8e10..bcf5654ae1 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-hppa.c
@@ -6400,7 +6400,7 @@ pa_comm (unused)
     {
       symbol_get_bfdsym (symbol)->flags |= BSF_OBJECT;
       S_SET_VALUE (symbol, size);
-      S_SET_SEGMENT (symbol, bfd_und_section_ptr);
+      S_SET_SEGMENT (symbol, bfd_com_section_ptr);
       S_SET_EXTERNAL (symbol);
 
       /* colon() has already set the frag to the current location in the