diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index f3dc48c85df..22a7828d9c9 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-08-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	PR 24829
+	* readelf.c (apply_relocations): Catch potential integer overflow
+	whilst checking reloc location against section size.
+
 2019-08-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 24871
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index b896ad9f406..e785fde43e7 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -13366,7 +13366,7 @@ apply_relocations (Filedata *                 filedata,
 	    }
 
 	  rloc = start + rp->r_offset;
-	  if ((rloc + reloc_size) > end || (rloc < start))
+	  if (rloc >= end || (rloc + reloc_size) > end || (rloc < start))
 	    {
 	      warn (_("skipping invalid relocation offset 0x%lx in section %s\n"),
 		    (unsigned long) rp->r_offset,