diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index a33aea0eab02ac97cb605cac677d8ac27a475967..9a9bd46f4579d6ad1ec0d2a7c8df3b7d7ba1000a 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -6456,6 +6456,15 @@ c64_symbol_section_adjustment (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h, bfd_vma value,
 	}
       return C64_SYM_LDSCRIPT_DEF;
     }
+
+  if (h->start_stop)
+    {
+      asection *s = h->u2.start_stop_section->output_section;
+      BFD_ASSERT (s != NULL);
+      *ret_sec = s;
+      return C64_SYM_LDSCRIPT_DEF;
+    }
+
   return C64_SYM_STANDARD;
 }
 
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
index 49b2e70adca947b61294bf1d589ce366b81da569..f0d2048efc37c2df3f4dfea304c7f93f8fe3a169 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-sec-round-include-relro"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-pcc-bounds-include-readonly"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-sec-round-choose-linker-syms"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-entry-point"
+run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-sec-start_stop-round"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-tlsdesc"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-tlsdesc-static"
 run_dump_test_lp64 "morello-tlsdesc-staticpie"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3987696e5ab864a4ef1f57016eb9a87f2849f8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.d
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#as: -march=morello+c64
+#ld: -static
+#objdump: -d -j .data -j __libc_atexit
+
+.*:     file format .*
+
+
+Disassembly of section \.data:
+
+[0-9a-f]+ <__data_start>:
+#record: START_LIBC_ADDR
+.*:	([0-9a-f]+) 	.*
+.*:	00000000 	.*
+.*:	00000008 	.*
+.*:	02000000 	.*
+
+Disassembly of section __libc_atexit:
+
+# Use `string tolower` because we know we only have a number so it won't change
+# anything.  That's needed because the current record/check implementation
+# doesn't have a way to define a replacement which is just the existing
+# variable.
+#check: START_LIBC string tolower $START_LIBC_ADDR
+00000000START_LIBC <__start___libc_atexit>:
+.*:	0000002a 	.*
+.*:	00000000 	.*
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b89273e82460c05cadfd2e3365be671411558e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-aarch64/morello-sec-start_stop-round.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.section __libc_atexit,"aw"
+	.xword 42
+.data
+atexit_location:
+	.chericap __start___libc_atexit
+.text
+.globl _start
+.type _start STT_FUNC
+_start:
+	add c0, c0, :lo12:atexit_location