asection *sec,
                             bfd_vma value,
                             bfd **poldbfd,
-                            bfd_boolean *dynsym,
-                            bfd **override)
+                            bfd_boolean *dynsym)
 {
   bfd_boolean type_change_ok;
   bfd_boolean size_change_ok;
   const struct elf_backend_data *bed;
   bfd_boolean collect;
   bfd_boolean dynamic;
-  bfd *nondef_override;
+  bfd *override;
   char *p;
   size_t len, shortlen;
   asection *tmp_sec;
   matched = TRUE;
   tmp_sec = sec;
   if (!_bfd_elf_merge_symbol (abfd, info, shortname, sym, &tmp_sec, &value,
-                             &hi, poldbfd, NULL, NULL, &skip, override,
+                             &hi, poldbfd, NULL, NULL, &skip, &override,
                              &type_change_ok, &size_change_ok, &matched))
     return FALSE;
 
          if (hi->verinfo.vertree != NULL && hide)
            {
              (*bed->elf_backend_hide_symbol) (info, hi, TRUE);
-             *override = FALSE;
              goto nondefault;
            }
        }
       if (hi->verinfo.vertree != NULL
          && strcmp (p + 1 + (p[1] == '@'), hi->verinfo.vertree->name) != 0)
-       {
-         *override = FALSE;
-         goto nondefault;
-       }
+       goto nondefault;
     }
 
-  if (!*override)
+  if (! override)
     {
       /* Add the default symbol if not performing a relocatable link.  */
       if (! bfd_link_relocatable (info))
   size_change_ok = FALSE;
   tmp_sec = sec;
   if (!_bfd_elf_merge_symbol (abfd, info, shortname, sym, &tmp_sec, &value,
-                             &hi, poldbfd, NULL, NULL, &skip, &nondef_override,
+                             &hi, poldbfd, NULL, NULL, &skip, &override,
                              &type_change_ok, &size_change_ok, &matched))
     return FALSE;
 
       else
        return TRUE;
     }
-  else if (nondef_override)
+  else if (override)
     {
       /* Here SHORTNAME is a versioned name, so we don't expect to see
         the type of override we do in the case above unless it is
              && !(hi != h
                   && hi->versioned == versioned_hidden))
            if (!_bfd_elf_add_default_symbol (abfd, info, h, name, isym,
-                                             sec, value, &old_bfd, &dynsym,
-                                             &override))
+                                             sec, value, &old_bfd, &dynsym))
              goto error_free_vers;
 
          /* Check the alignment when a common symbol is involved. This
              }
 
          if (!add_needed
-             && !override
              && matched
              && definition
+             && h->root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect
              && ((dynsym
                   && h->ref_regular_nonweak)
                  || (old_bfd != NULL