{
// Release the memory we don't need.
this->p_ = static_cast<unsigned char*>(realloc(this->p_, this->len_));
- gold_assert(this->p_ != NULL);
+ // An Output_merge_data object may be empty and realloc is allowed
+ // to return a NULL pointer in this case. An Output_merge_data is empty
+ // if all its input sections have sizes that are not multiples of entsize.
+ gold_assert(this->p_ != NULL || this->len_ == 0);
this->set_data_size(this->len_);
}