diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 0aefc610bd2..da22cb3037e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	* simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Use larger
+	of rawsize and size for buffer.
+
 2009-03-15  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* elf32-spu.c (spu_elf_check_vma): Do not reset auto_overlay
diff --git a/bfd/simple.c b/bfd/simple.c
index dd69f9a5596..b0dec657f9c 100644
--- a/bfd/simple.c
+++ b/bfd/simple.c
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
   data = NULL;
   if (outbuf == NULL)
     {
-      data = bfd_malloc (sec->size);
+      bfd_size_type amt = sec->rawsize > sec->size ? sec->rawsize : sec->size;
+      data = bfd_malloc (amt);
       if (data == NULL)
 	return NULL;
       outbuf = data;