diff --git a/src/torture/torture.c b/src/torture/torture.c
index 35f9943a..9288e298 100644
--- a/src/torture/torture.c
+++ b/src/torture/torture.c
@@ -2348,18 +2348,34 @@ t_comdat_no_duplicates(void)
   Temp scratch = scratch_begin(0,0);
   T_Result result = T_Result_Fail;
 
+  String8 test_obj;
   {
     COFF_ObjWriter *obj_writer = coff_obj_writer_alloc(0, COFF_MachineType_X64);
     COFF_ObjSection *test_sect = coff_obj_writer_push_section(obj_writer, str8_lit(".test"), PE_DATA_SECTION_FLAGS|COFF_SectionFlag_LnkCOMDAT|COFF_SectionFlag_Align1Bytes, str8_lit("a"));
     coff_obj_writer_push_symbol_secdef(obj_writer, test_sect, COFF_ComdatSelect_NoDuplicates);
     coff_obj_writer_push_symbol_extern(obj_writer, str8_lit("a"), 0, test_sect);
-    String8 obj = coff_obj_writer_serialize(scratch.arena, obj_writer);
+    test_obj = coff_obj_writer_serialize(scratch.arena, obj_writer);
     coff_obj_writer_release(&obj_writer);
-    if (!t_write_file(str8_lit("a.obj"), obj)) { goto exit; }
-    if (!t_write_file(str8_lit("b.obj"), obj)) { goto exit; }
   }
 
-  t_write_entry_obj();
+  String8 entry_obj;
+  {
+    COFF_ObjWriter *obj_writer = coff_obj_writer_alloc(0, COFF_MachineType_X64);
+    U8 text[] = {
+      0x48, 0xC7, 0xC0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,  // mov rax, $imm
+      0xC3 // ret
+    };
+    COFF_ObjSection *sect = coff_obj_writer_push_section(obj_writer, str8_lit(".text"), PE_TEXT_SECTION_FLAGS, str8_array_fixed(text));
+    coff_obj_writer_push_symbol_extern(obj_writer, str8_lit("entry"), 0, sect);
+    COFF_ObjSymbol *symbol = coff_obj_writer_push_symbol_undef(obj_writer, str8_lit("a"));
+    coff_obj_writer_section_push_reloc_voff(obj_writer, sect, 0, symbol);
+    entry_obj = coff_obj_writer_serialize(scratch.arena, obj_writer);
+    coff_obj_writer_release(&obj_writer);
+  }
+
+  if (!t_write_file(str8_lit("a.obj"),     test_obj))  { goto exit; }
+  if (!t_write_file(str8_lit("b.obj"),     test_obj))  { goto exit; }
+  if (!t_write_file(str8_lit("entry.obj"), entry_obj)) { goto exit; }
 
   int duplicates_exit_code = t_invoke_linkerf("/subsystem:console /entry:entry /out:a.exe a.obj b.obj entry.obj");
   if (duplicates_exit_code == 0) { goto exit; }
@@ -2373,6 +2389,7 @@ t_comdat_no_duplicates(void)
   COFF_SectionHeader *section_table = (COFF_SectionHeader *)str8_substr(exe, pe.section_table_range).str;
   String8             string_table  = str8_substr(exe, pe.string_table_range);
   COFF_SectionHeader *sect          = t_coff_section_header_from_name(exe, section_table, pe.section_count, str8_lit(".test"));
+  if (!sect) { goto exit; }
   String8             data          = str8_substr(exe, rng_1u64(sect->foff, sect->foff + sect->vsize));
   if (!str8_match(data, str8_lit("a"), 0)) { goto exit; }