return 0;
        }
 
-       if (hdr->e_shnum == 0) {
+       if (hdr->e_shnum == SHN_UNDEF) {
                /*
                 * There are more than 64k sections,
                 * read count from .sh_size.
-                * note: it doesn't need shndx2secindex()
                 */
                info->num_sections = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_size);
        }
                info->num_sections = hdr->e_shnum;
        }
        if (hdr->e_shstrndx == SHN_XINDEX) {
-               info->secindex_strings =
-                   shndx2secindex(TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link));
+               info->secindex_strings = TO_NATIVE(sechdrs[0].sh_link);
        }
        else {
                info->secindex_strings = hdr->e_shstrndx;
                            sechdrs[i].sh_offset;
                        info->symtab_stop  = (void *)hdr +
                            sechdrs[i].sh_offset + sechdrs[i].sh_size;
-                       sh_link_idx = shndx2secindex(sechdrs[i].sh_link);
+                       sh_link_idx = sechdrs[i].sh_link;
                        info->strtab       = (void *)hdr +
                            sechdrs[sh_link_idx].sh_offset;
                }
 
        if (symtab_shndx_idx != ~0U) {
                Elf32_Word *p;
-               if (symtab_idx !=
-                   shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link))
+               if (symtab_idx != sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link)
                        fatal("%s: SYMTAB_SHNDX has bad sh_link: %u!=%u\n",
-                             filename,
-                             shndx2secindex(sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link),
+                             filename, sechdrs[symtab_shndx_idx].sh_link,
                              symtab_idx);
                /* Fix endianness */
                for (p = info->symtab_shndx_start; p < info->symtab_shndx_stop;
                                    Elf_Shdr *sechdr, Elf_Rela *r)
 {
        Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
-       int section = shndx2secindex(sechdr->sh_info);
+       int section = sechdr->sh_info;
 
        return (void *)elf->hdr + sechdrs[section].sh_offset +
                r->r_offset;
 
        return i != SHN_XINDEX && i >= SHN_LORESERVE && i <= SHN_HIRESERVE;
 }
 
-/* shndx is in [0..SHN_LORESERVE) U (SHN_HIRESERVE, 0xfffffff], thus:
- * shndx == 0               <=> sechdrs[0]
- * ......
- * shndx == SHN_LORESERVE-1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE-1]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+1 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE]
- * shndx == SHN_HIRESERVE+2 <=> sechdrs[SHN_LORESERVE+1]
- * ......
- * fyi: sym->st_shndx is uint16, SHN_LORESERVE = ff00, SHN_HIRESERVE = ffff,
- * so basically we map  0000..feff -> 0000..feff
- *                      ff00..ffff -> (you are a bad boy, dont do it)
- *                     10000..xxxx -> ff00..(xxxx-0x100)
+/*
+ * Move reserved section indices SHN_LORESERVE..SHN_HIRESERVE out of
+ * the way to -256..-1, to avoid conflicting with real section
+ * indices.
  */
-static inline unsigned int shndx2secindex(unsigned int i)
-{
-       if (i <= SHN_HIRESERVE)
-               return i;
-       return i - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE);
-}
+#define SPECIAL(i) ((i) - (SHN_HIRESERVE + 1))
 
 /* Accessor for sym->st_shndx, hides ugliness of "64k sections" */
 static inline unsigned int get_secindex(const struct elf_info *info,
                                        const Elf_Sym *sym)
 {
+       if (is_shndx_special(sym->st_shndx))
+               return SPECIAL(sym->st_shndx);
        if (sym->st_shndx != SHN_XINDEX)
                return sym->st_shndx;
-       return shndx2secindex(info->symtab_shndx_start[sym -
-                                                      info->symtab_start]);
+       return info->symtab_shndx_start[sym - info->symtab_start];
 }
 
 /* file2alias.c */