diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 80fe241662b..e2bbebf95f8 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-12-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* objdump.c (remove_useless_symbols): Discard section symbols.
+
 2004-12-27  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* readelf.c (read_leb128): Support 64bit host.
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 3338fc57cc5..fa421ad7d5d 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ remove_useless_symbols (asymbol **symbols, long count)
 
       if (sym->name == NULL || sym->name[0] == '\0')
 	continue;
-      if (sym->flags & (BSF_DEBUGGING))
+      if (sym->flags & (BSF_DEBUGGING | BSF_SECTION_SYM))
 	continue;
       if (bfd_is_und_section (sym->section)
 	  || bfd_is_com_section (sym->section))