diff --git a/sys/kern/link_aout.c b/sys/kern/link_aout.c
index 50d1e1c88452..bc461014f41e 100644
--- a/sys/kern/link_aout.c
+++ b/sys/kern/link_aout.c
@@ -563,19 +563,21 @@ link_aout_search_symbol(linker_file_t lf, caddr_t value,
 	struct nzlist* sp;
 	struct nzlist* ep;
 	struct nzlist* best = 0;
+	u_long sp_nz_value;
 
 	for (sp = AOUT_RELOC(af, struct nzlist, LD_SYMBOL(af->dynamic)),
 		 ep = (struct nzlist *) ((caddr_t) sp + LD_STABSZ(af->dynamic));
 	     sp < ep; sp++) {
 		if (sp->nz_name == 0)
 			continue;
-		if (off >= sp->nz_value) {
-			if (off - sp->nz_value < diff) {
-				diff = off - sp->nz_value;
+		sp_nz_value = sp->nz_value + (u_long)af->address;
+		if (off >= sp_nz_value) {
+			if (off - sp_nz_value < diff) {
+				diff = off - sp_nz_value;
 				best = sp;
 				if (diff == 0)
 					break;
-			} else if (off - sp->nz_value == diff) {
+			} else if (off - sp_nz_value == diff) {
 				best = sp;
 			}
 		}