diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig b/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
index a876a4d16ca3ef1fd13be75882b99222b193b74d..0a27d8e47bb65cd88ddf4c3447c1d76731d5cd9c 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ input_section_index: u16 = 0,
 output_section_index: u16 = 0,
 
 /// Index of the input section containing this atom's relocs.
-relocs_section_index: u16 = 0,
+relocs_section_index: u32 = 0,
 
 /// Index of this atom in the linker's atoms table.
 atom_index: Index = 0,
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig b/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig
index 4532d7b448a1bb34c711be7a4fa8bfaa58259ac8..2f9541daf14c712762f9fc351959f503e1f84bd8 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn addAtom(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) !Symbol.Index {
     esym.st_shndx = shndx;
     symbol_ptr.esym_index = esym_index;
 
-    const relocs_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.relocs.items.len));
+    const relocs_index = @as(u32, @intCast(self.relocs.items.len));
     const relocs = try self.relocs.addOne(gpa);
     relocs.* = .{};
     atom_ptr.relocs_section_index = relocs_index;