diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 0aeff82..30d3244 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 2017-02-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	Apply from master
+	2017-02-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+	* powerpc.cc (Powerpc_relobj::make_toc_relative): Don't crash
+	when no .toc section exists.
+
 	2017-01-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 	PR gold/21040
 	* powerpc.cc (Powerpc_relobj<size, big_endian>::make_toc_relative):
diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc
index fec18cd..81f9bff 100644
--- a/gold/powerpc.cc
+++ b/gold/powerpc.cc
@@ -1986,6 +1986,12 @@
   if (size != 64)
     return false;
 
+  // With -mcmodel=medium code it is quite possible to have
+  // toc-relative relocs referring to objects outside the TOC.
+  // Don't try to look at a non-existent TOC.
+  if (this->toc_shndx() == 0)
+    return false;
+
   // Convert VALUE back to an address by adding got_base (see below),
   // then to an offset in the TOC by subtracting the TOC output
   // section address and the TOC output offset.  Since this TOC output