diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f758f650340..ebe93443309 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-02-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_relocate_section): After applying
+	R_PPC_VLE_ADDR20, goto copy_reloc.
+
 2020-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 8c2d3943ac1..839d5ff142a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -8780,7 +8780,7 @@ ppc_elf_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 
 	case R_PPC_VLE_ADDR20:
 	  ppc_elf_vle_split20 (output_bfd, contents + rel->r_offset, relocation);
-	  continue;
+	  goto copy_reloc;
 
 	  /* Relocate against the beginning of the section.  */
 	case R_PPC_SECTOFF: