diff --git a/src/asm/Finalize.go b/src/asm/Finalize.go
index f5393b5..0915e6b 100644
--- a/src/asm/Finalize.go
+++ b/src/asm/Finalize.go
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ func (a Assembler) Finalize(dlls dll.List) ([]byte, []byte) {
 	}
 
 	data, dataLabels = a.Data.Finalize()
+
+	if config.TargetOS == config.Windows && len(data) == 0 {
+		data = []byte{0}
+	}
+
 	code = a.resolvePointers(code, data, codeStart, codeLabels, codePointers, dataPointers, dllPointers)
 	return code, data
 }
diff --git a/src/asm/resolvePointers.go b/src/asm/resolvePointers.go
index 58ef114..40ecbb9 100644
--- a/src/asm/resolvePointers.go
+++ b/src/asm/resolvePointers.go
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ restart:
 	}
 
 	if config.TargetOS == config.Windows {
-		if len(data) == 0 {
-			data = []byte{0}
-		}
-
 		importsStart, _ := fs.Align(dataStart+Address(len(data)), config.Align)
 
 		for _, pointer := range dllPointers {