diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index bb2ace66eb..a9ffccf549 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-17  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Set
+	link_info.output_bfd.
+
 2008-02-16  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* dwarf2.c (find_line): Don't trust debug information after an
diff --git a/bfd/simple.c b/bfd/simple.c
index 1b92a05791..dd69f9a559 100644
--- a/bfd/simple.c
+++ b/bfd/simple.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* simple.c -- BFD simple client routines
-   Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
+   Copyright 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by MontaVista Software, Inc.
 
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
 
   /* Fill in the bare minimum number of fields for our purposes.  */
   memset (&link_info, 0, sizeof (link_info));
+  link_info.output_bfd = abfd;
   link_info.input_bfds = abfd;
   link_info.input_bfds_tail = &abfd->link_next;