diff -BburN binutils-2.13.2.1-orig/ld/emultempl/armelf.em binutils-2.13.2.1/ld/emultempl/armelf.em
--- binutils-2.13.2.1-orig/ld/emultempl/armelf.em	2003-07-12 09:25:43.000000000 -0400
+++ binutils-2.13.2.1/ld/emultempl/armelf.em	2003-07-11 22:05:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -108,10 +108,16 @@
 	tem->output_has_begun = false;
 
       lang_for_each_statement (arm_elf_set_bfd_for_interworking);
-      ASSERT (bfd_for_interwork != NULL); 
+/*      ASSERT (bfd_for_interwork != NULL); */
       for (tem = link_info.input_bfds; tem != NULL; tem = tem->link_next)
     tem->output_has_begun = false;
 
+    /* If bfd_for_interwork is NULL, then there are no loadable sections
+    with real contents to be linked, so we are not going to have to
+    create any interworking stubs, so it is OK not to call
+    bfd_elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking. */
+    
+    if (bfd_for_interwork != NULL)
       bfd_elf32_arm_get_bfd_for_interworking (bfd_for_interwork, &link_info);
     }
   /* We should be able to set the size of the interworking stub section.  */