1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/som.c b/bfd/som.c
index 0c9e1b79f9..c3e88dcda2 100644
--- a/bfd/som.c
+++ b/bfd/som.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* bfd back-end for HP PA-RISC SOM objects.
    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-   2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
+   2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Contributed by the Center for Software Science at the
@@ -4959,15 +4959,18 @@ extern const bfd_target som_vec;
 static bfd_boolean
 som_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
 {
-  bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (struct som_section_data_struct);
-
-  newsect->used_by_bfd = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
   if (!newsect->used_by_bfd)
-    return FALSE;
+    {
+      bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (struct som_section_data_struct);
+
+      newsect->used_by_bfd = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+      if (!newsect->used_by_bfd)
+	return FALSE;
+    }
   newsect->alignment_power = 3;
 
   /* We allow more than three sections internally.  */
-  return TRUE;
+  return _bfd_generic_new_section_hook (abfd, newsect);
 }
 
 /* Copy any private info we understand from the input symbol