diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index 66aab3f748..829635d219 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt())
 		}
 
 		return true
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
 		r.Add += 4
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		return true
 
 	case 256 + objabi.RelocType(elf.R_X86_64_64):
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 			r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 			return true
 		}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		addgotsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		return true
 	}
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		// Build a PLT entry and change the relocation target to that entry.
 		addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 		return true
 
 	case objabi.R_ADDR:
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 			if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Hsolaris {
 				addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 				r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-				r.Add += int64(targ.Plt)
+				r.Add += int64(targ.Plt())
 				return true
 			}
 			// The code is asking for the address of an external
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 			addgotsym(ctxt, targ)
 
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-			r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+			r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 			return true
 		}
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ func elfsetupplt(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 }
 
 func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Plt >= 0 {
+	if s.Plt() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_X86_64_JMP_SLOT)))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size - 16)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size - 16))
 	} else if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Hdarwin {
 		// To do lazy symbol lookup right, we're supposed
 		// to tell the dynamic loader which library each
@@ -624,29 +624,29 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".linkedit.plt", 0).AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, uint32(s.Dynid))
 
 		// jmpq *got+size(IP)
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size))
 
 		plt.AddUint8(0xff)
 		plt.AddUint8(0x25)
-		plt.AddPCRelPlus(ctxt.Arch, ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0), int64(s.Got))
+		plt.AddPCRelPlus(ctxt.Arch, ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0), int64(s.Got()))
 	} else {
 		ld.Errorf(s, "addpltsym: unsupported binary format")
 	}
 }
 
 func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Got >= 0 {
+	if s.Got() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 	got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+	s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 	got.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
 	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela", 0)
-		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
+		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got()))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT)))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 	} else if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Hdarwin {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
index b1d44b5896..efcd41d72b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt/4))
+			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt()/4))
 		}
 
 		return true
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 
 		r.Type = objabi.R_CONST // write r->add during relocsym
 		r.Sym = nil
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		return true
 
 	case 256 + objabi.RelocType(elf.R_ARM_GOT_PREL): // GOT(nil) + A - nil
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 
 		r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got) + 4
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got()) + 4
 		return true
 
 	case 256 + objabi.RelocType(elf.R_ARM_GOTOFF): // R_ARM_GOTOFF32
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt/4))
+			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt()/4))
 		}
 
 		return true
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt/4))
+			r.Add = int64(braddoff(int32(r.Add), targ.Plt()/4))
 		}
 
 		return true
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		}
 		addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 		return true
 
 	case objabi.R_ADDR:
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ func addpltreloc(ctxt *ld.Link, plt *sym.Symbol, got *sym.Symbol, s *sym.Symbol,
 	r.Off = int32(plt.Size)
 	r.Siz = 4
 	r.Type = typ
-	r.Add = int64(s.Got) - 8
+	r.Add = int64(s.Got()) - 8
 
 	plt.Attr |= sym.AttrReachable
 	plt.Size += 4
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ func addpltreloc(ctxt *ld.Link, plt *sym.Symbol, got *sym.Symbol, s *sym.Symbol,
 }
 
 func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Plt >= 0 {
+	if s.Plt() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		}
 
 		// .got entry
-		s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+		s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 
 		// In theory, all GOT should point to the first PLT entry,
 		// Linux/ARM's dynamic linker will do that for us, but FreeBSD/ARM's
@@ -709,14 +709,14 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		got.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, plt, 0)
 
 		// .plt entry, this depends on the .got entry
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size))
 
 		addpltreloc(ctxt, plt, got, s, objabi.R_PLT0) // add lr, pc, #0xXX00000
 		addpltreloc(ctxt, plt, got, s, objabi.R_PLT1) // add lr, lr, #0xYY000
 		addpltreloc(ctxt, plt, got, s, objabi.R_PLT2) // ldr pc, [lr, #0xZZZ]!
 
 		// rel
-		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
+		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got()))
 
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_ARM_JUMP_SLOT)))
 	} else {
@@ -725,12 +725,12 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func addgotsyminternal(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Got >= 0 {
+	if s.Got() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
 	got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+	s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 
 	got.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, s, 0)
 
@@ -741,18 +741,18 @@ func addgotsyminternal(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Got >= 0 {
+	if s.Got() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 	got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+	s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 	got.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
 	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
-		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
+		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got()))
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_ARM_GLOB_DAT)))
 	} else {
 		ld.Errorf(s, "addgotsym: unsupported binary format")
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 3070fdbb35..ff0d3a8d84 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -546,10 +546,10 @@ func windynrelocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 			}
 			Errorf(s, "dynamic relocation to unreachable symbol %s", targ.Name)
 		}
-		if r.Sym.Plt == -2 && r.Sym.Got != -2 { // make dynimport JMP table for PE object files.
-			targ.Plt = int32(rel.Size)
+		if r.Sym.Plt() == -2 && r.Sym.Got() != -2 { // make dynimport JMP table for PE object files.
+			targ.SetPlt(int32(rel.Size))
 			r.Sym = rel
-			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 
 			// jmp *addr
 			switch ctxt.Arch.Family {
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ func windynrelocsym(ctxt *Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 				rel.AddAddrPlus4(targ, 0)
 				rel.AddUint8(0x90)
 			}
-		} else if r.Sym.Plt >= 0 {
+		} else if r.Sym.Plt() >= 0 {
 			r.Sym = rel
-			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadpe/ldpe.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadpe/ldpe.go
index f78252c283..ac07d5c35d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/loadpe/ldpe.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/loadpe/ldpe.go
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func Load(arch *sys.Arch, syms *sym.Symbols, input *bio.Reader, pkg string, leng
 
 		if pesym.SectionNumber == 0 { // extern
 			if s.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
-				s.Plt = -2 // flag for dynimport in PE object files.
+				s.SetPlt(-2) // flag for dynimport in PE object files.
 			}
 			if s.Type == sym.SXREF && pesym.Value > 0 { // global data
 				s.Type = sym.SNOPTRDATA
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ func readpesym(arch *sys.Arch, syms *sym.Symbols, f *pe.File, pesym *pe.COFFSymb
 		s.Type = sym.SXREF
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(symname, "__imp_") {
-		s.Got = -2 // flag for __imp_
+		s.SetGot(-2) // flag for __imp_
 	}
 
 	return s, nil
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
index 2baa9c1de1..9445fbebcb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func gencallstub(ctxt *ld.Link, abicase int, stub *sym.Symbol, targ *sym.Symbol)
 
 	r.Off = int32(stub.Size)
 	r.Sym = plt
-	r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+	r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 	r.Siz = 2
 	if ctxt.Arch.ByteOrder == binary.BigEndian {
 		r.Off += int32(r.Siz)
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func gencallstub(ctxt *ld.Link, abicase int, stub *sym.Symbol, targ *sym.Symbol)
 	r = stub.AddRel()
 	r.Off = int32(stub.Size)
 	r.Sym = plt
-	r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+	r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 	r.Siz = 2
 	if ctxt.Arch.ByteOrder == binary.BigEndian {
 		r.Off += int32(r.Siz)
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ overflow:
 }
 
 func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Plt >= 0 {
+	if s.Plt() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -825,11 +825,11 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		// JMP_SLOT dynamic relocation for it.
 		//
 		// TODO(austin): ABI v1 is different
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size))
 
 		plt.Size += 8
 
-		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, plt, int64(s.Plt))
+		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, plt, int64(s.Plt()))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_PPC64_JMP_SLOT)))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
index 215200721c..245da19d9d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt())
 		}
 		return true
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt())
 		}
 		return true
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 		r.Variant = sym.RV_390_DBL
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		r.Add += int64(r.Siz)
 		return true
 	}
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ func archrelocvariant(ctxt *ld.Link, r *sym.Reloc, s *sym.Symbol, t int64) int64
 }
 
 func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Plt >= 0 {
+	if s.Plt() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_390_JMP_SLOT)))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size - 32)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size - 32))
 
 	} else {
 		ld.Errorf(s, "addpltsym: unsupported binary format")
@@ -480,18 +480,18 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Got >= 0 {
+	if s.Got() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 	got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+	s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 	got.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
 	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rela := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rela", 0)
-		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
+		rela.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got()))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF64_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_390_GLOB_DAT)))
 		rela.AddUint64(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/sizeof_test.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/sizeof_test.go
index 814ec42373..a9bc174d59 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/sizeof_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/sizeof_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestSizeof(t *testing.T) {
 		_32bit uintptr     // size on 32bit platforms
 		_64bit uintptr     // size on 64bit platforms
 	}{
-		{Symbol{}, 120, 192},
+		{Symbol{}, 112, 184},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbol.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbol.go
index 7739737591..c05b82a665 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbol.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbol.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ type Symbol struct {
 	Version     int16
 	Attr        Attribute
 	Dynid       int32
-	Plt         int32
-	Got         int32
 	Align       int32
 	Elfsym      int32
 	LocalElfsym int32
@@ -49,6 +47,8 @@ type AuxSymbol struct {
 	dynimplib  string
 	dynimpvers string
 	localentry uint8
+	plt        int32
+	got        int32
 }
 
 func (s *Symbol) String() string {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (s *Symbol) setUintXX(arch *sys.Arch, off int64, v uint64, wid int64) int64
 
 func (s *Symbol) makeAuxInfo() {
 	if s.auxinfo == nil {
-		s.auxinfo = &AuxSymbol{extname: s.Name}
+		s.auxinfo = &AuxSymbol{extname: s.Name, plt: -1, got: -1}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -344,6 +344,40 @@ func (s *Symbol) SetLocalentry(val uint8) {
 	s.auxinfo.localentry = val
 }
 
+func (s *Symbol) Plt() int32 {
+	if s.auxinfo == nil {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return s.auxinfo.plt
+}
+
+func (s *Symbol) SetPlt(val int32) {
+	if s.auxinfo == nil {
+		if val == -1 {
+			return
+		}
+		s.makeAuxInfo()
+	}
+	s.auxinfo.plt = val
+}
+
+func (s *Symbol) Got() int32 {
+	if s.auxinfo == nil {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return s.auxinfo.got
+}
+
+func (s *Symbol) SetGot(val int32) {
+	if s.auxinfo == nil {
+		if val == -1 {
+			return
+		}
+		s.makeAuxInfo()
+	}
+	s.auxinfo.got = val
+}
+
 // SortSub sorts a linked-list (by Sub) of *Symbol by Value.
 // Used for sub-symbols when loading host objects (see e.g. ldelf.go).
 func SortSub(l *Symbol) *Symbol {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbols.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbols.go
index 7c6137c73c..d79d1d8b1d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbols.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symbols.go
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ func (syms *Symbols) Newsym(name string, v int) *Symbol {
 	syms.symbolBatch = batch[1:]
 
 	s.Dynid = -1
-	s.Plt = -1
-	s.Got = -1
 	s.Name = name
 	s.Version = int16(v)
 	syms.Allsym = append(syms.Allsym, s)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
index 4b45aff653..1744ab4d99 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add += int64(targ.Plt())
 		}
 
 		return true
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		addgotsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Type = objabi.R_CONST // write r->add during relocsym
 		r.Sym = nil
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		return true
 
 	case 256 + objabi.RelocType(elf.R_386_GOTOFF):
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		if targ.Type == sym.SDYNIMPORT {
 			addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 			r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+			r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 			r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 			return true
 		}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 
 		addgotsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-		r.Add += int64(targ.Got)
+		r.Add += int64(targ.Got())
 		r.Type = objabi.R_PCREL
 		return true
 	}
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ func adddynrel(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol, r *sym.Reloc) bool {
 		}
 		addpltsym(ctxt, targ)
 		r.Sym = ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".plt", 0)
-		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt)
+		r.Add = int64(targ.Plt())
 		return true
 
 	case objabi.R_ADDR:
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func elfsetupplt(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 }
 
 func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Plt >= 0 {
+	if s.Plt() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_386_JMP_SLOT)))
 
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size - 16)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size - 16))
 	} else if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Hdarwin {
 		// Same laziness as in 6l.
 
@@ -587,29 +587,29 @@ func addpltsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
 		ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".linkedit.plt", 0).AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, uint32(s.Dynid))
 
 		// jmpq *got+size(IP)
-		s.Plt = int32(plt.Size)
+		s.SetPlt(int32(plt.Size))
 
 		plt.AddUint8(0xff)
 		plt.AddUint8(0x25)
-		plt.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0), int64(s.Got))
+		plt.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0), int64(s.Got()))
 	} else {
 		ld.Errorf(s, "addpltsym: unsupported binary format")
 	}
 }
 
 func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *sym.Symbol) {
-	if s.Got >= 0 {
+	if s.Got() >= 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
 	ld.Adddynsym(ctxt, s)
 	got := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".got", 0)
-	s.Got = int32(got.Size)
+	s.SetGot(int32(got.Size))
 	got.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, 0)
 
 	if ctxt.IsELF {
 		rel := ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".rel", 0)
-		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got))
+		rel.AddAddrPlus(ctxt.Arch, got, int64(s.Got()))
 		rel.AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, ld.ELF32_R_INFO(uint32(s.Dynid), uint32(elf.R_386_GLOB_DAT)))
 	} else if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Hdarwin {
 		ctxt.Syms.Lookup(".linkedit.got", 0).AddUint32(ctxt.Arch, uint32(s.Dynid))