diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 2d0ae45dc8..737e3af18a 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-11-08  Kyle Butt  <iteratee@google.com>
+
+        * object.cc (do_find_special_sections): Fix a thinko with memmem return
+        values and check for !=	NULL rather than == 0.
+
 2017-11-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* system.h (textdomain, bindtextdomain): Use safer "do nothing".
diff --git a/gold/object.cc b/gold/object.cc
index 4110686ff3..013565103c 100644
--- a/gold/object.cc
+++ b/gold/object.cc
@@ -816,9 +816,9 @@ Sized_relobj_file<size, big_endian>::do_find_special_sections(
   return (this->has_eh_frame_
 	  || (!parameters->options().relocatable()
 	      && parameters->options().gdb_index()
-	      && (memmem(names, sd->section_names_size, "debug_info", 11) == 0
+	      && (memmem(names, sd->section_names_size, "debug_info", 11) != NULL
 		  || memmem(names, sd->section_names_size,
-			    "debug_types", 12) == 0)));
+			    "debug_types", 12) != NULL)));
 }
 
 // Read the sections and symbols from an object file.