diff --git a/src/linker.c b/src/linker.c
index 4ac02c28e152ad2cecbb59dba8bc14fd034e6102..f7e3348221cfdb0c35b95a42f74941886e5008c4 100644
--- a/src/linker.c
+++ b/src/linker.c
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ 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;
 	}