diff -Nur binutils-git.orig/bfd/elf32-m68k.c binutils-git/bfd/elf32-m68k.c
--- binutils-git.orig/bfd/elf32-m68k.c	2016-10-30 14:02:17.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-git/bfd/elf32-m68k.c	2016-10-30 14:44:28.714486390 +0100
@@ -2645,7 +2645,6 @@
 	  if (sgot == NULL)
 	    {
 	      sgot = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".got");
-	      BFD_ASSERT (sgot != NULL);
 	    }
 
 	  if (srelgot == NULL