Index: bfd/peXXigen.c
===================================================================
--- bfd/peXXigen.c.orig	2009-04-18 15:32:06.773969268 +0000
+++ bfd/peXXigen.c	2009-04-19 03:17:19.246352672 +0000
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@
      they will be handled somewhat correctly in the bfd code.  */
   if (in->n_sclass == C_SECTION)
     {
+      char namebuf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
+      const char *name = namebuf;
+
       in->n_value = 0x0;
 
       /* Create synthetic empty sections as needed.  DJ */
@@ -136,33 +139,25 @@
 	{
 	  asection *sec;
 
-	  for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
-	    {
-	      if (strcmp (sec->name, in->n_name) == 0)
-		{
-		  in->n_scnum = sec->target_index;
-		  break;
-		}
-	    }
+	  name = _bfd_coff_internal_syment_name (abfd, in, namebuf);
+	  sec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name);
+	  if (sec != NULL)
+	    in->n_scnum = sec->target_index;
 	}
 
       if (in->n_scnum == 0)
 	{
 	  int unused_section_number = 0;
 	  asection *sec;
-	  char *name;
 	  flagword flags;
-
+	  char * namecpy = bfd_alloc (abfd, (bfd_size_type) strlen (name) + 1);
+	  strcpy(namecpy, name);
 	  for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
 	    if (unused_section_number <= sec->target_index)
 	      unused_section_number = sec->target_index + 1;
 
-	  name = bfd_alloc (abfd, (bfd_size_type) strlen (in->n_name) + 10);
-	  if (name == NULL)
-	    return;
-	  strcpy (name, in->n_name);
 	  flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_ALLOC | SEC_DATA | SEC_LOAD;
-	  sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, name, flags);
+	  sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, namecpy, flags);
 
 	  sec->vma = 0;
 	  sec->lma = 0;