1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libelf/elf_compress_gnu.c b/libelf/elf_compress_gnu.c
index 198dc7d5..1ecd6a08 100644
--- a/libelf/elf_compress_gnu.c
+++ b/libelf/elf_compress_gnu.c
@@ -144,9 +144,10 @@ elf_compress_gnu (Elf_Scn *scn, int inflate, unsigned int flags)
   else if (inflate == 0)
     {
       /* In theory the user could have constucted a compressed section
-	 by hand.  But we always just take the rawdata directly and
-	 decompress that.  */
-      Elf_Data *data = elf_rawdata (scn, NULL);
+	 by hand.  And in practice they do. For example when copying
+	 a section from one file to another using elf_newdata. So we
+	 have to use elf_getdata (not elf_rawdata).  */
+      Elf_Data *data = elf_getdata (scn, NULL);
       if (data == NULL)
 	return -1;