--- a/ticoff/tables.c	Wed Mar 26 02:00:44 2014 +0000
+++ b/ticoff/tables.c	Wed Mar 26 02:44:19 2014 +0000
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 			fprintf(stderr,
 	"warning: section #%u (%s): some nonzero value in s_page bytes\n",
 				n, sections[n].name);
+		sections[n].nsymbols = 0;
+		sections[n].sorted_symbols = 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -98,11 +100,20 @@
 		in->name = get_secorsym_name(symtab_raw[n].e_name);
 		in->value = get_u32(symtab_raw[n].e_value);
 		in->scnum = get_s16(symtab_raw[n].e_scnum);
-		if (in->scnum < -2 || in->scnum > (int)nsections) {
+		if (in->scnum > 0) {
+			if (in->scnum > nsections) {
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"symtab entry #%u: scnum too big\n", n);
+				exit(1);
+			}
+			in->section = sections + in->scnum - 1;
+			in->section->nsymbols++;
+		} else if (in->scnum < -2) {
 			fprintf(stderr,
-				"symtab entry #%u: scnum out of range\n", n);
+				"symtab entry #%u: scnum < -2\n", n);
 			exit(1);
-		}
+		} else
+			in->section = 0;
 		in->type = get_u16(symtab_raw[n].e_type);
 		in->class = symtab_raw[n].e_sclass;
 		switch (symtab_raw[n++].e_numaux) {