diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/emit.c b/tools/qfcc/source/emit.c
index b3693f078..4eb829fa7 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/emit.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/emit.c
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ emit_expr (expr_t *e)
 		case ex_label:
 			label = &e->e.label;
 			label->ofs = pr.code->size;
+			relocate_refs (label->refs, label->ofs);
 			break;
 		case ex_block:
 			for (e = e->e.block.head; e; e = e->next)
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/linker.c b/tools/qfcc/source/linker.c
index c6c197da3..41320f907 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/linker.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/linker.c
@@ -140,10 +140,12 @@ add_relocs (qfo_t *qfo)
 			case rel_op_a_def:
 			case rel_op_b_def:
 			case rel_op_c_def:
+				reloc->ofs += code_base;
+				break;
 			case rel_op_a_op:
 			case rel_op_b_op:
 			case rel_op_c_op:
-				reloc->ofs += code_base;
+				// these are relative and fixed up before the .qfo is written
 				break;
 			case rel_def_op:
 				reloc->ofs += data_base;