diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d411313cc8..b16d4a5d0f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-10-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Don't
+	check _DYNAMIC.
+
 2017-10-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* math/test-math-iscanonical.cc (error): Replace bool with int.
diff --git a/sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h
index efe2e1b3a3..7e2d73e3d4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ elf_machine_load_address (void)
   Elf32_Addr got_addr = (Elf32_Addr) &__dl_start;
   asm ("adr %0, _dl_start" : "=r" (pcrel_addr));
 #else
-  extern Elf32_Dyn _DYNAMIC[] __attribute__((weak, visibility ("hidden")));
-  if (!_DYNAMIC)
-    return 0;
   extern Elf32_Addr __dl_relocate_static_pie (void *)
     asm ("_dl_relocate_static_pie") attribute_hidden;
   Elf32_Addr got_addr = (Elf32_Addr) &__dl_relocate_static_pie;