--- /dev/null
+See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13990 for details.
+---
+diff -u -r1.287 -r1.288
+--- a/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2012/04/24 05:12:31 1.287
++++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2012/04/24 16:09:12 1.288
+@@ -12256,8 +12256,19 @@
+ if (may_need_local_target_p
+ && elf32_arm_get_plt_info (abfd, eh, r_symndx, &root_plt, &arm_plt))
+ {
+- BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount > 0);
+- root_plt->refcount -= 1;
++ /* If PLT refcount book-keeping is wrong and too low, we'll
++ see a zero value (going to -1) for the root PLT reference
++ count. */
++ if (root_plt->refcount >= 0)
++ {
++ BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount != 0);
++ root_plt->refcount -= 1;
++ }
++ else
++ /* A value of -1 means the symbol has become local, forced
++ or seeing a hidden definition. Any other negative value
++ is an error. */
++ BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount == -1);
+
+ if (!call_reloc_p)
+ arm_plt->noncall_refcount--;
+