keep = (strip_symbols != STRIP_DEBUG
&& strip_symbols != STRIP_UNNEEDED
&& ! convert_debugging);
- else if (bfd_get_section (sym)->comdat)
+ else if (bfd_coff_get_comdat_section (abfd, bfd_get_section (sym)))
/* COMDAT sections store special information in local
symbols, so we cannot risk stripping any of them. */
keep = 1;