* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Preserve and clear abfd section

 	information.  Restore at error.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 92bb3367e56..b94f74be68b 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -500,9 +500,16 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   char *shstrtab;		/* Internal copy of section header stringtab */
   struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
   struct elf_obj_tdata *preserved_tdata = elf_tdata (abfd);
+  struct sec *preserved_sections = abfd->sections;
+  unsigned int preserved_section_count = abfd->section_count;
   struct elf_obj_tdata *new_tdata = NULL;
   asection *s;
 
+  /* Clear section information, since there might be a recognized bfd that
+     we now check if we can replace, and we don't want to append to it.  */
+  abfd->sections = NULL;
+  abfd->section_count = 0;
+
   /* Read in the ELF header in external format.  */
 
   if (bfd_read ((PTR) & x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
@@ -745,6 +752,8 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   if (new_tdata != NULL)
     bfd_release (abfd, new_tdata);
   elf_tdata (abfd) = preserved_tdata;
+  abfd->sections = preserved_sections;
+  abfd->section_count = preserved_section_count;
   return (NULL);
 }