+2019-09-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+       * plugin.c (asymbol_from_plugin_symbol): Move code handling
+       ELF common symbols to block handling ELF visibility.  Simplify
+       visibility setting.
+
 2019-09-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
        PR binutils/24887
 
       flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
       section = bfd_com_section_ptr;
       asym->value = ldsym->size;
-      /* For ELF targets, set alignment of common symbol to 1.  */
-      if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
-       {
-         ((elf_symbol_type *) asym)->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx = SHN_COMMON;
-         ((elf_symbol_type *) asym)->internal_elf_sym.st_value = 1;
-       }
       break;
 
     default:
   asym->flags = flags;
   asym->section = section;
 
-  /* Visibility only applies on ELF targets.  */
   if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
     {
       elf_symbol_type *elfsym = elf_symbol_from (abfd, asym);
 
       if (!elfsym)
        einfo (_("%F%P: %s: non-ELF symbol in ELF BFD!\n"), asym->name);
+
+      if (ldsym->def == LDPK_COMMON)
+       {
+         elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx = SHN_COMMON;
+         elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_value = 1;
+       }
+
       switch (ldsym->visibility)
        {
        default:
          visibility = STV_HIDDEN;
          break;
        }
-      elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other
-       = (visibility | (elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other
-                        & ~ELF_ST_VISIBILITY (-1)));
+      elfsym->internal_elf_sym.st_other |= visibility;
     }
 
   return LDPS_OK;