diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b3c5b97..78fd713 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+2017-12-11  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* defs.h (elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms, elf_sym_fns_gdb_index)
+	(elf_sym_fns_debug_names): Move to elfread.c.
+	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf2_initialize_objfile): Return a boolean
+	instead of a sym_fns and add 'index_kind' output parameter.  Fill
+	the latter in with the index variant kind if using an index.
+	(enum dw_index_kind): Moved to symfile.h.
+	* elfread.c (elf_sym_fns_gdb_index, elf_sym_fns_debug_names)
+	(elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms): Move from defs.h.
+	(elf_symfile_read): Adjust to new dwarf2_initialize_objfile
+	interface.
+	* symfile.h (enum class dw_index_kind): New, moved from
+	dwarf2read.c.
+	(dwarf2_initialize_objfile): Change prototype.
+
 2017-12-11  Ulrich Weigand  <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* target-float.c (mpfr_float_ops::from_target): Use mpfr_set_ui
diff --git a/gdb/defs.h b/gdb/defs.h
index c2e145e..f76293f 100644
--- a/gdb/defs.h
+++ b/gdb/defs.h
@@ -679,12 +679,6 @@ extern int (*deprecated_ui_load_progress_hook) (const char *section,
 extern void initialize_progspace (void);
 extern void initialize_inferiors (void);
 
-/* From elfread.c */
-
-extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms;
-extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_gdb_index;
-extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_debug_names;
-
 /* * Special block numbers */
 
 enum block_enum
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 2aeb506..b4e60a4 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -6451,11 +6451,10 @@ const struct quick_symbol_functions dwarf2_debug_names_functions =
   dw2_map_symbol_filenames
 };
 
-/* Initialize for reading DWARF for this objfile.  Return 0 if this
-   file will use psymtabs, or 1 if using the GNU index.  */
+/* See symfile.h.  */
 
-const sym_fns &
-dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
+bool
+dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *objfile, dw_index_kind *index_kind)
 {
   /* If we're about to read full symbols, don't bother with the
      indices.  In this case we also don't care if some other debug
@@ -6483,16 +6482,23 @@ dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
       /* Return 1 so that gdb sees the "quick" functions.  However,
 	 these functions will be no-ops because we will have expanded
 	 all symtabs.  */
-      return elf_sym_fns_gdb_index;
+      *index_kind = dw_index_kind::GDB_INDEX;
+      return true;
     }
 
   if (dwarf2_read_debug_names (objfile))
-    return elf_sym_fns_debug_names;
+    {
+      *index_kind = dw_index_kind::DEBUG_NAMES;
+      return true;
+    }
 
   if (dwarf2_read_index (objfile))
-    return elf_sym_fns_gdb_index;
+    {
+      *index_kind = dw_index_kind::GDB_INDEX;
+      return true;
+    }
 
-  return elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms;
+  return false;
 }
 
 
@@ -26799,16 +26805,6 @@ assert_file_size (FILE *file, const char *filename, size_t expected_size)
   gdb_assert (file_size == expected_size);
 }
 
-/* An index variant.  */
-enum dw_index_kind
-{
-  /* GDB's own .gdb_index format.   */
-  GDB_INDEX,
-
-  /* DWARF5 .debug_names.  */
-  DEBUG_NAMES,
-};
-
 /* Create an index file for OBJFILE in the directory DIR.  */
 
 static void
diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c
index 31288a9..7a41c26 100644
--- a/gdb/elfread.c
+++ b/gdb/elfread.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 #include "location.h"
 #include "auxv.h"
 
+/* Forward declarations.  */
+extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_gdb_index;
+extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_debug_names;
+extern const struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms;
+
 /* The struct elfinfo is available only during ELF symbol table and
    psymtab reading.  It is destroyed at the completion of psymtab-reading.
    It's local to elf_symfile_read.  */
@@ -1211,11 +1216,25 @@ elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags symfile_flags)
 
   if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile, NULL))
     {
-      /* elf_sym_fns_gdb_index cannot handle simultaneous non-DWARF debug
-	 information present in OBJFILE.  If there is such debug info present
-	 never use .gdb_index.  */
+      dw_index_kind index_kind;
 
-      if (objfile_has_partial_symbols (objfile))
+      /* elf_sym_fns_gdb_index cannot handle simultaneous non-DWARF
+	 debug information present in OBJFILE.  If there is such debug
+	 info present never use an index.  */
+      if (!objfile_has_partial_symbols (objfile)
+	  && dwarf2_initialize_objfile (objfile, &index_kind))
+	{
+	  switch (index_kind)
+	    {
+	    case dw_index_kind::GDB_INDEX:
+	      objfile_set_sym_fns (objfile, &elf_sym_fns_gdb_index);
+	      break;
+	    case dw_index_kind::DEBUG_NAMES:
+	      objfile_set_sym_fns (objfile, &elf_sym_fns_debug_names);
+	      break;
+	    }
+	}
+      else
 	{
 	  /* It is ok to do this even if the stabs reader made some
 	     partial symbols, because OBJF_PSYMTABS_READ has not been
@@ -1223,8 +1242,6 @@ elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, symfile_add_flags symfile_flags)
 	     when needed.  */
 	  objfile_set_sym_fns (objfile, &elf_sym_fns_lazy_psyms);
 	}
-      else
-	objfile_set_sym_fns (objfile, &dwarf2_initialize_objfile (objfile));
     }
   /* If the file has its own symbol tables it has no separate debug
      info.  `.dynsym'/`.symtab' go to MSYMBOLS, `.debug_info' goes to
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.h b/gdb/symfile.h
index e903c60..93fbe68 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.h
+++ b/gdb/symfile.h
@@ -603,7 +603,22 @@ extern void dwarf2_get_section_info (struct objfile *,
 				     asection **, const gdb_byte **,
 				     bfd_size_type *);
 
-extern const sym_fns &dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *);
+/* A DWARF names index variant.  */
+enum class dw_index_kind
+{
+  /* GDB's own .gdb_index format.   */
+  GDB_INDEX,
+
+  /* DWARF5 .debug_names.  */
+  DEBUG_NAMES,
+};
+
+/* Initialize for reading DWARF for OBJFILE.  Return false if this
+   file will use psymtabs, or true if using an index, in which case
+   *INDEX_KIND is set to the index variant in use.  */
+extern bool dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *objfile,
+				       dw_index_kind *index_kind);
+
 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *);
 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
 
