diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index ed8193294e..1e2a9eadc5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -2114,6 +2114,7 @@ func assignAddress(ctxt *Link, sect *Section, n int, sym *Symbol, va uint64) (*S
 		// Create new section, set the starting Vaddr
 		sect = addsection(&Segtext, ".text", 05)
 		sect.Vaddr = va
+		sym.Sect = sect
 
 		// Create a symbol for the start of the secondary text sections
 		ctxt.Syms.Lookup(fmt.Sprintf("runtime.text.%d", n), 0).Sect = sect