diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index cef1c4b6aba..d061e66a260 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-12-02  Gary Benson  <gbenson@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Pass offset to
+	elf_parse_notes.
+
 2016-12-02  Josh Conner  <joshconner@google.com>
 
 	* configure.tgt: Add support for fuchsia (OS).
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 3d1a28aa7ee..98be1db6d78 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
       if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, newsect, &contents))
 	return FALSE;
 
-      elf_parse_notes (abfd, (char *) contents, hdr->sh_size, -1);
+      elf_parse_notes (abfd, (char *) contents, hdr->sh_size, hdr->sh_offset);
       free (contents);
     }