diff --git a/src/link/assign.c b/src/link/assign.c
index 9120d47b..ed549e31 100644
--- a/src/link/assign.c
+++ b/src/link/assign.c
@@ -366,14 +366,14 @@ void assign_AssignSections(void)
 	if (!sections)
 		err(1, "Failed to allocate memory for section assignment");
 
-	nbSectionsToAssign = 0;
-	sect_ForEach(categorizeSection, NULL);
-
 	initFreeSpace();
 
 	/* Process linker script, if any */
 	processLinkerScript();
 
+	nbSectionsToAssign = 0;
+	sect_ForEach(categorizeSection, NULL);
+
 	/** Place sections, starting with the most constrained **/
 
 	/* Specially process fully-constrained sections because of overlaying */