diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index fc63219268..d0dfd9bf44 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-03-09  Leon Winter  <winter-gcc@bfw-online.de>
+
+	PR ld/19623
+	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Do not apply
+	relocations against absolute symbols.
+
 2016-03-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR binutils/19775
diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index 7652cc3fa2..4756fc3070 100644
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -3007,6 +3007,12 @@ _bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 	  else
 	    {
 	      sec = sections[symndx];
+
+	      /* PR 19623: Relocations against symbols in
+		 the absolute sections should ignored.  */
+              if (bfd_is_abs_section (sec))
+		continue;
+
               val = (sec->output_section->vma
 		     + sec->output_offset
 		     + sym->n_value);