diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index d791d2940f2..1e01a4a247b 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-09-26  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@gmail.com>
+
+	PR gold/20238
+	* symtab.cc (Symbol_table::define_default_version): Check that
+	unversioned symbol is defined.
+
 2016-09-26  Vlad Zakharov  <vzakhar@synopsys.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
diff --git a/gold/symtab.cc b/gold/symtab.cc
index b31794a5a8c..c872f47d386 100644
--- a/gold/symtab.cc
+++ b/gold/symtab.cc
@@ -882,6 +882,7 @@ Symbol_table::define_default_version(Sized_symbol<size>* sym,
 	;
       else if (pdef->second->is_from_dynobj()
 	       && sym->is_from_dynobj()
+	       && pdef->second->is_defined()
 	       && pdef->second->object() != sym->object())
         ;
       else