struct internal_syment *syment)
{
/* Normalize the symbol flags. */
- if (bfd_is_com_section (coff_symbol_ptr->symbol.section))
+ if (coff_symbol_ptr->symbol.section
+ && bfd_is_com_section (coff_symbol_ptr->symbol.section))
{
/* A common symbol is undefined with a value. */
syment->n_scnum = N_UNDEF;