diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index a8e56bdd5ac..7f5a7e65adc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -1628,9 +1628,9 @@ type dodataState struct {
 	// Link context
 	ctxt *Link
 	// Data symbols bucketed by type.
-	data [sym.SXREF][]loader.Sym
+	data [sym.SFirstUnallocated][]loader.Sym
 	// Max alignment for each flavor of data symbol.
-	dataMaxAlign [sym.SXREF]int32
+	dataMaxAlign [sym.SFirstUnallocated]int32
 	// Overridden sym type
 	symGroupType []sym.SymKind
 	// Current data size so far.
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) dodata(symGroupType []sym.SymKind) {
 
 		st := state.symType(s)
 
-		if st <= sym.STEXTFIPSEND || st >= sym.SXREF {
+		if st <= sym.STEXTEND || st >= sym.SFirstUnallocated {
 			continue
 		}
 		state.data[st] = append(state.data[st], s)
@@ -2264,11 +2264,11 @@ func (state *dodataState) allocateDataSections(ctxt *Link) {
 	}
 
 	siz := 0
-	for symn := sym.SELFRXSECT; symn < sym.SXREF; symn++ {
+	for symn := sym.SELFRXSECT; symn < sym.SFirstUnallocated; symn++ {
 		siz += len(state.data[symn])
 	}
 	ctxt.datap = make([]loader.Sym, 0, siz)
-	for symn := sym.SELFRXSECT; symn < sym.SXREF; symn++ {
+	for symn := sym.SELFRXSECT; symn < sym.SFirstUnallocated; symn++ {
 		ctxt.datap = append(ctxt.datap, state.data[symn]...)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
index 8e059f299ff..6d3347ff2d4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ func collectmachosyms(ctxt *Link) {
 			continue
 		}
 		t := ldr.SymType(s)
-		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SXREF { // data sections handled in dodata
+		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SFirstUnallocated { // data sections handled in dodata
 			if t == sym.STLSBSS {
 				// TLSBSS is not used on darwin. See data.go:allocateDataSections
 				continue
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
index f5b7580fda3..b49da42c4cf 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ func (f *peFile) writeSymbols(ctxt *Link) {
 			continue
 		}
 		t := ldr.SymType(s)
-		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SXREF { // data sections handled in dodata
+		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SFirstUnallocated { // data sections handled in dodata
 			if t == sym.STLSBSS {
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 2c999ccc4e3..f18bb3599ad 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func genelfsym(ctxt *Link, elfbind elf.SymBind) {
 			continue
 		}
 		st := ldr.SymType(s)
-		if st >= sym.SELFRXSECT && st < sym.SXREF {
+		if st >= sym.SELFRXSECT && st < sym.SFirstUnallocated {
 			typ := elf.STT_OBJECT
 			if st == sym.STLSBSS {
 				if ctxt.IsInternal() {
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func asmbPlan9Sym(ctxt *Link) {
 			continue
 		}
 		t := ldr.SymType(s)
-		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SXREF { // data sections handled in dodata
+		if t >= sym.SELFRXSECT && t < sym.SFirstUnallocated { // data sections handled in dodata
 			if t == sym.STLSBSS {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) symtab(pcln *pclntab) []sym.SymKind {
 }
 
 // CarrierSymByType tracks carrier symbols and their sizes.
-var CarrierSymByType [sym.SXREF]struct {
+var CarrierSymByType [sym.SFirstUnallocated]struct {
 	Sym  loader.Sym
 	Size int64
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
index fdc16ac48f9..fc98fcba2bc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ func (f *xcoffFile) asmaixsym(ctxt *Link) {
 				putaixsym(ctxt, s, BSSSym)
 			}
 
-		case st >= sym.SELFRXSECT && st < sym.SXREF: // data sections handled in dodata
+		case st >= sym.SELFRXSECT && st < sym.SFirstUnallocated: // data sections handled in dodata
 			if ldr.AttrReachable(s) {
 				putaixsym(ctxt, s, DataSym)
 			}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
index f5901e0a22b..19de4ad2108 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind.go
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ const (
 	STLSBSS                 // Thread-local zeroed data.
 
 	// Unallocated segment.
+	SFirstUnallocated
 	SXREF             // Reference from non-Go object file.
 	SMACHOSYMSTR      // Mach-O string table.
 	SMACHOSYMTAB      // Mach-O symbol table.
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind_string.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind_string.go
index 2fa8472f651..509318403ab 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind_string.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/sym/symkind_string.go
@@ -67,32 +67,33 @@ func _() {
 	_ = x[SCOVERAGE_COUNTER-56]
 	_ = x[SCOVERAGE_AUXVAR-57]
 	_ = x[STLSBSS-58]
-	_ = x[SXREF-59]
-	_ = x[SMACHOSYMSTR-60]
-	_ = x[SMACHOSYMTAB-61]
-	_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTPLT-62]
-	_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTGOT-63]
-	_ = x[SDYNIMPORT-64]
-	_ = x[SHOSTOBJ-65]
-	_ = x[SUNDEFEXT-66]
-	_ = x[SDWARFSECT-67]
-	_ = x[SDWARFCUINFO-68]
-	_ = x[SDWARFCONST-69]
-	_ = x[SDWARFFCN-70]
-	_ = x[SDWARFABSFCN-71]
-	_ = x[SDWARFTYPE-72]
-	_ = x[SDWARFVAR-73]
-	_ = x[SDWARFRANGE-74]
-	_ = x[SDWARFLOC-75]
-	_ = x[SDWARFLINES-76]
-	_ = x[SDWARFADDR-77]
-	_ = x[SSEHUNWINDINFO-78]
-	_ = x[SSEHSECT-79]
+	_ = x[SFirstUnallocated-59]
+	_ = x[SXREF-60]
+	_ = x[SMACHOSYMSTR-61]
+	_ = x[SMACHOSYMTAB-62]
+	_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTPLT-63]
+	_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTGOT-64]
+	_ = x[SDYNIMPORT-65]
+	_ = x[SHOSTOBJ-66]
+	_ = x[SUNDEFEXT-67]
+	_ = x[SDWARFSECT-68]
+	_ = x[SDWARFCUINFO-69]
+	_ = x[SDWARFCONST-70]
+	_ = x[SDWARFFCN-71]
+	_ = x[SDWARFABSFCN-72]
+	_ = x[SDWARFTYPE-73]
+	_ = x[SDWARFVAR-74]
+	_ = x[SDWARFRANGE-75]
+	_ = x[SDWARFLOC-76]
+	_ = x[SDWARFLINES-77]
+	_ = x[SDWARFADDR-78]
+	_ = x[SSEHUNWINDINFO-79]
+	_ = x[SSEHSECT-80]
 }
 
-const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSTEXTFIPSSTARTSTEXTFIPSSTEXTFIPSENDSTEXTENDSELFRXSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASRODATAFIPSSTARTSRODATAFIPSSRODATAFIPSENDSRODATAENDSFUNCTABSELFROSECTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSELFRELROSECTSMACHORELROSECTSTYPELINKSITABLINKSSYMTABSPCLNTABSFirstWritableSBUILDINFOSFIPSINFOSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASNOPTRDATAFIPSSTARTSNOPTRDATAFIPSSNOPTRDATAFIPSENDSNOPTRDATAENDSINITARRSDATASDATAFIPSSTARTSDATAFIPSSDATAFIPSENDSDATAENDSXCOFFTOCSBSSSNOPTRBSSSLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_AUXVARSTLSBSSSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSUNDEFEXTSDWARFSECTSDWARFCUINFOSDWARFCONSTSDWARFFCNSDWARFABSFCNSDWARFTYPESDWARFVARSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOCSDWARFLINESSDWARFADDRSSEHUNWINDINFOSSEHSECT"
+const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSTEXTFIPSSTARTSTEXTFIPSSTEXTFIPSENDSTEXTENDSELFRXSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASRODATAFIPSSTARTSRODATAFIPSSRODATAFIPSENDSRODATAENDSFUNCTABSELFROSECTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSELFRELROSECTSMACHORELROSECTSTYPELINKSITABLINKSSYMTABSPCLNTABSFirstWritableSBUILDINFOSFIPSINFOSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASNOPTRDATAFIPSSTARTSNOPTRDATAFIPSSNOPTRDATAFIPSENDSNOPTRDATAENDSINITARRSDATASDATAFIPSSTARTSDATAFIPSSDATAFIPSENDSDATAENDSXCOFFTOCSBSSSNOPTRBSSSLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_AUXVARSTLSBSSSFirstUnallocatedSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSUNDEFEXTSDWARFSECTSDWARFCUINFOSDWARFCONSTSDWARFFCNSDWARFABSFCNSDWARFTYPESDWARFVARSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOCSDWARFLINESSDWARFADDRSSEHUNWINDINFOSSEHSECT"
 
-var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 23, 32, 44, 52, 62, 71, 76, 83, 92, 99, 106, 113, 129, 140, 154, 164, 172, 182, 192, 204, 218, 230, 242, 254, 267, 280, 295, 304, 313, 320, 328, 342, 352, 361, 369, 375, 384, 392, 399, 409, 428, 442, 459, 472, 480, 485, 499, 508, 520, 528, 537, 541, 550, 573, 590, 606, 613, 618, 630, 642, 659, 676, 686, 694, 703, 713, 725, 736, 745, 757, 767, 776, 787, 796, 807, 817, 831, 839}
+var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 23, 32, 44, 52, 62, 71, 76, 83, 92, 99, 106, 113, 129, 140, 154, 164, 172, 182, 192, 204, 218, 230, 242, 254, 267, 280, 295, 304, 313, 320, 328, 342, 352, 361, 369, 375, 384, 392, 399, 409, 428, 442, 459, 472, 480, 485, 499, 508, 520, 528, 537, 541, 550, 573, 590, 606, 613, 630, 635, 647, 659, 676, 693, 703, 711, 720, 730, 742, 753, 762, 774, 784, 793, 804, 813, 824, 834, 848, 856}
 
 func (i SymKind) String() string {
 	if i >= SymKind(len(_SymKind_index)-1) {