diff --git a/src/linker.c b/src/linker.c
index 5ced96d99f8c5f787ca528503d2f9b1e9b946bfa..19ad239666d4a4a13e973a1f0505643d2623ebef 100644
--- a/src/linker.c
+++ b/src/linker.c
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ add_sym:
 
 	obj->sym_map[src_sym_idx] = dst_sym_idx;
 
-	if (sym_type == STT_SECTION && dst_sym) {
+	if (sym_type == STT_SECTION && dst_sec) {
 		dst_sec->sec_sym_idx = dst_sym_idx;
 		dst_sym->st_value = 0;
 	}