diff --git a/bfd/compress.c b/bfd/compress.c
index cba281dca4..00ff10df22 100644
--- a/bfd/compress.c
+++ b/bfd/compress.c
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ bfd_get_full_section_contents (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte **ptr)
 	  ufile_ptr filesize = bfd_get_file_size (abfd);
 	  if (filesize > 0
 	      && filesize < sz
+	      /* PR 24753: Linker created sections can be larger than the file
+		 size, eg if they are being used to hold stubs created by the
+		 linker.  */
+	      && (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) == 0
 	      /* The MMO file format supports its own special compression
 		 technique, but it uses COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE when loading
 		 a section's contents.  */
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/aarch64elf.em b/ld/emultempl/aarch64elf.em
index 4c13f26f4e..93f60a9b61 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/aarch64elf.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/aarch64elf.em
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ elf${ELFSIZE}_aarch64_add_stub_section (const char *stub_sec_name,
   lang_output_section_statement_type *os;
   struct hook_stub_info info;
 
-  flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_READONLY | SEC_CODE
+  flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_READONLY | SEC_CODE | SEC_LINKER_CREATED
 	   | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC | SEC_IN_MEMORY | SEC_KEEP);
   stub_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (stub_file->the_bfd,
 						 stub_sec_name, flags);