diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 49e580d2345..2dad0b9878d 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2021-01-13  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* ldelfgen.c (add_link_order_input_section): Check for ELF input
+	before accessing ELF section data.
+
 2021-01-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
diff --git a/ld/ldelfgen.c b/ld/ldelfgen.c
index 8014e2229b9..47e7a2a68ed 100644
--- a/ld/ldelfgen.c
+++ b/ld/ldelfgen.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ add_link_order_input_section (lang_input_section_type *is,
   os_info->isec[os_info->count].idx = os_info->count;
   os_info->count++;
   s = is->section;
-  if ((s->flags & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) == 0
+  if (s->owner->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour
+      && (s->flags & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) == 0
       && elf_section_data (s) != NULL
       && elf_linked_to_section (s) != NULL)
     os_info->ordered++;