diff --git a/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/elflink.c b/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/elflink.c
index 86a37a2ae69c..61d6a97c0a65 100644
--- a/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/external/gpl3/binutils/dist/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -567,7 +567,10 @@ bfd_elf_record_link_assignment (bfd *output_bfd,
       && !h->def_regular)
     h->verinfo.verdef = NULL;
 
-  h->def_regular = 1;
+  /* Only set symbols not provided from the linker script as regular so
+     that we can find their version from verdef not vertree */
+  if (!provide)
+    h->def_regular = 1;
 
   if (provide && hidden)
     {