Index: varasm.c
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--- varasm.c	(revision 194441)
+++ varasm.c	(working copy)
@@ -2088,6 +2088,11 @@
    it all the way to final.  See PR 17982 for further discussion.  */
 static GTY(()) tree pending_assemble_externals;
 
+/* Some targets delay some output to final using TARGET_ASM_FILE_END.
+   As a result, assemble_external can be called after the list of externals
+   is processed and the pointer set destroyed.  */
+static bool pending_assemble_externals_processed;
+
 #ifdef ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL
 /* Avoid O(external_decls**2) lookups in the pending_assemble_externals
    TREE_LIST in assemble_external.  */
@@ -2144,6 +2149,7 @@
     assemble_external_real (TREE_VALUE (list));
 
   pending_assemble_externals = 0;
+  pending_assemble_externals_processed = true;
   pointer_set_destroy (pending_assemble_externals_set);
 #endif
 }
@@ -2196,6 +2202,12 @@
     weak_decls = tree_cons (NULL, decl, weak_decls);
 
 #ifdef ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL
+  if (pending_assemble_externals_processed)
+    {
+      assemble_external_real (decl);
+      return;
+    }
+
   if (! pointer_set_insert (pending_assemble_externals_set, decl))
     pending_assemble_externals = tree_cons (NULL, decl,
 					    pending_assemble_externals);