diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 035e6aa3fd..aae89381fc 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2021-01-19  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-2.c: Stop removal of the extern foo_t
+	symbols by the optimizer.
+	* testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-conflicted.d: Adjust accordingly.
+
 2021-01-19  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-elf/elf.exp (riscv_little_endian): Added.  Return true
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-2.c b/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-2.c
index d00d230969..575b06ef30 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-2.c
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-2.c
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ typedef char foo_t;
 /* Conflicting, and indexed.  */
 extern foo_t var_1;
 extern foo_t *var_666;
+
+int other_func(foo_t *);
+
+int ignore (void) { other_func (&var_1); other_func (var_666); }
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-conflicted.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-conflicted.d
index 6b1e9145a0..1e7c19a5b3 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-conflicted.d
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-ctf/data-func-conflicted.d
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Contents of CTF section \.ctf:
     Version: 4 \(CTF_VERSION_3\)
 #...
     Data object section:	.* \(0xc bytes\)
-    Function info section:	.* \(0x40 bytes\)
+    Function info section:	.* \(0x44 bytes\)
     Object index section:	.* \(0xc bytes\)
-    Type section:	.* \(0xe8 bytes\)
+    Type section:	.* \(0xf4 bytes\)
     String section:	.*
 #...
   Data objects: