diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index bb47e720f8..d9cf957812 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-01-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* write.c (compress_debug): Return if section size is smaller
+	than 32 bytes.
+
 2011-01-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR gas/12409
diff --git a/gas/write.c b/gas/write.c
index aabb96d236..5f10bad223 100644
--- a/gas/write.c
+++ b/gas/write.c
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ compress_debug (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, void *xxx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
   flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec);
 
   if (seginfo == NULL
-      || sec->size == 0
+      || sec->size < 32
       || (flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS)) == SEC_ALLOC)
     return;