1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index c3cfbb2d4a1d..b43cfcd9bf40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -563,10 +563,14 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
                         Elf32_Sym *sym;
                         unsigned r_type;
                         const char *symname;
+                        int shn_abs;
+
                         rel = &sec->reltab[j];
                         sym = &sh_symtab[ELF32_R_SYM(rel->r_info)];
                         r_type = ELF32_R_TYPE(rel->r_info);
 
+                        shn_abs = sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS;
+
                         switch (r_type) {
                         case R_386_NONE:
                         case R_386_PC32:
@@ -582,7 +586,7 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
                                 symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
                                 if (!use_real_mode)
                                         goto bad;
-                                if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS) {
+                                if (shn_abs) {
                                         if (is_reloc(S_ABS, symname))
                                                 break;
                                         else if (!is_reloc(S_SEG, symname))
@@ -598,7 +602,7 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
 
                         case R_386_32:
                                 symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
-                                if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS) {
+                                if (shn_abs) {
                                         if (is_reloc(S_ABS, symname))
                                                 break;
                                         else if (!is_reloc(S_REL, symname))
@@ -616,7 +620,8 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
                                 break;
                         bad:
                                 symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
-                                die("Invalid %s relocation: %s\n",
+                                die("Invalid %s %s relocation: %s\n",
+                                    shn_abs ? "absolute" : "relative",
                                     rel_type(r_type), symname);
                         }
                 }