diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b16d4a5d0f..581a926106 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-10-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Don't
+	check _DYNAMIC.
+
 2017-10-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Don't
diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h
index b4fee49cb1..da9d6332ea 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/dl-machine.h
@@ -147,11 +147,6 @@ elf_machine_dynamic (void)
 static inline ElfW(Addr)
 elf_machine_load_address (void)
 {
-#ifndef SHARED
-  extern ElfW(Dyn) _DYNAMIC[] __attribute__((weak, visibility ("hidden")));
-  if (!_DYNAMIC)
-    return 0;
-#endif
   ElfW(Addr) addr;
 #ifndef __mips16
   asm ("	.set noreorder\n"