Index: external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/bfd/elf32-ppc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -p -r1.12 elf32-ppc.c
--- external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/bfd/elf32-ppc.c	10 Feb 2026 19:59:06 -0000	1.12
+++ external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/bfd/elf32-ppc.c	15 Feb 2026 10:20:41 -0000
@@ -8018,8 +8018,14 @@ ppc_elf_relocate_section (bfd *output_bf
 		bfd_put_32 (input_bfd, insn, p);
 	      break;
 	    }
-	  if (htab->elf.tls_sec != NULL)
-	    addend -= htab->elf.tls_sec->vma + TP_OFFSET;
+
+            if (htab->elf.tls_sec != NULL && htab->elf.tls_sec->output_section != NULL)
+              {
+                /* Use the output_section's VMA as the anchor for TP-relative math 
+                   to account for any alignment-induced padding in the TLS segment. */
+                addend -= htab->elf.tls_sec->output_section->vma + TP_OFFSET;
+              }
+
 	  /* The TPREL16 relocs shouldn't really be used in shared
 	     libs or with non-local symbols as that will result in
 	     DT_TEXTREL being set, but support them anyway.  */