Index: llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/symtab-link.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/symtab-link.test
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy %t %t2
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -sections %t2 | FileCheck %s
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Name:            .foo
+    Link:            .symtab
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ ]
+
+# CHECK:      Name: .foo
+# CHECK-NEXT: Type:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Flags [ (0x0)
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]
+# CHECK-NEXT: Address:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Offset:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Size:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Link: 0
Index: llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/Object.cpp
@@ -385,15 +385,20 @@
 }
 
 void Section::initialize(SectionTableRef SecTable) {
-  if (Link != ELF::SHN_UNDEF)
+  if (Link != ELF::SHN_UNDEF) {
     LinkSection =
         SecTable.getSection(Link, "Link field value " + Twine(Link) +
                                       " in section " + Name + " is invalid");
+    if (LinkSection->Type == ELF::SHT_SYMTAB)
+      LinkSection = nullptr;
+  }
 }
 
 void Section::finalize() {
   if (LinkSection)
     this->Link = LinkSection->Index;
+  else
+    this->Link = 0;
 }
 
 void GnuDebugLinkSection::init(StringRef File, StringRef Data) {