diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index e152e1ed698..bfb7a7002ac 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-12-13  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@gmail.com>
+
+	PR gold/24123
+	* layout.cc (Layout::init_fixed_output_section): Mask out flags that
+	should be ignored when matching sections.
+
 2020-12-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* plugin.cc (Plugin_recorder::init): Replace strncpy with memcpy.
diff --git a/gold/layout.cc b/gold/layout.cc
index 8563f110995..8acfb960d12 100644
--- a/gold/layout.cc
+++ b/gold/layout.cc
@@ -1099,7 +1099,8 @@ Layout::init_fixed_output_section(const char* name,
   typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_Addr sh_addr = shdr.get_sh_addr();
   typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_Off sh_offset = shdr.get_sh_offset();
   typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_WXword sh_size = shdr.get_sh_size();
-  typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_WXword sh_flags = shdr.get_sh_flags();
+  typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_WXword sh_flags =
+      this->get_output_section_flags(shdr.get_sh_flags());
   typename elfcpp::Elf_types<size>::Elf_WXword sh_addralign =
       shdr.get_sh_addralign();