diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 59545e733e1..6d5603511f1 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-09-23  Alan Modra  <alan@modra.org>
+
+	* ld-discard/exit.s: Correct .text.exit attributes.
+	* ld-discard/extern.s: Likewise.
+	* ld-discard/static.s: Likewise.
+
 2003-09-21  Thiemo Seufer <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
 
 	* ld-mips-elf/relax-jalr-n32.d: Fix little endian test failure.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/exit.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/exit.s
index cc6786cb424..c85297848d8 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/exit.s
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/exit.s
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 	.section	.data.exit,"aw"
 data:
 	.globl text
-	.section	.text.exit,"aw"
+	.section	.text.exit,"ax"
 text:
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/extern.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/extern.s
index a255b8a71ad..464be8b6f4e 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/extern.s
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/extern.s
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	.section	.data.exit,"aw"
 data:
 	.globl text
-	.section	.text.exit,"aw"
+	.section	.text.exit,"ax"
 text:
 	.text
 	.globl _start
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/static.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/static.s
index 41aab284c48..a0f45693f77 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/static.s
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-discard/static.s
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 	.section	.data.exit,"aw"
 data:
-	.section	.text.exit,"aw"
+	.section	.text.exit,"ax"
 text:
 	.text
 	.globl _start