diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index fe00a30..332f283 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -2045,9 +2045,11 @@ static void fill_dynamic(TCCState *s1, struct dyn_inf *dyninf)
     put_dt(dynamic, DT_RELENT, sizeof(ElfW_Rel));
 #endif
 #endif
-    if (versym_section) {
+    if (verneed_section && verneed_section->data) {
         put_dt(dynamic, DT_VERNEED, verneed_section->sh_addr);
         put_dt(dynamic, DT_VERNEEDNUM, dt_verneednum);
+    }
+    if (versym_section && versym_section->data) {
         put_dt(dynamic, DT_VERSYM, versym_section->sh_addr);
     }
     s = find_section_create (s1, ".preinit_array", 0);
@@ -2522,11 +2524,13 @@ ssize_t full_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) {
 
 static void *load_data(int fd, unsigned long file_offset, unsigned long size)
 {
-    void *data;
+    void *data = NULL;
 
-    data = tcc_malloc(size);
-    lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET);
-    full_read(fd, data, size);
+    if (size) {
+       data = tcc_malloc(size);
+       lseek(fd, file_offset, SEEK_SET);
+       full_read(fd, data, size);
+    }
     return data;
 }