diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 99de171724..2de9b6cc06 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-11  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
+
+	* coff-alpha.c (alpha_relocate_section): Set used_by_bfd directly
+	as ecoff_section_data() does not return a valid lvalue.
+
 2004-06-09  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* elflink.c (elf_sort_symbol): Compare section id, not pointers.
diff --git a/bfd/coff-alpha.c b/bfd/coff-alpha.c
index 262af47459..3ea6333020 100644
--- a/bfd/coff-alpha.c
+++ b/bfd/coff-alpha.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ alpha_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
 	  amt = sizeof (struct ecoff_section_tdata);
 	  lita_sec_data = ((struct ecoff_section_tdata *)
 			   bfd_zalloc (input_bfd, amt));
-	  ecoff_section_data (input_bfd, lita_sec) = lita_sec_data;
+	  lita_sec->used_by_bfd = lita_sec_data;
 	}
 
       if (lita_sec_data->gp != 0)