diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/static-rela-with-alloc.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/static-rela-with-alloc.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/static-rela-with-alloc.test
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-strip --strip-debug %t
+
+#
+# Check that llvm-objcopy does not assume that any SHT_RELA section with the
+# SHF_ALLOC set is a dynamic relocation section, as there are corner cases
+# where this assumption may not hold. (e.g., the Linux kernel, which uses
+# partially linked ET_REL ELF objects as its loadable module format)
+#
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Name:            .text
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_EXECINSTR ]
+    Address:         0x1000
+    AddressAlign:    0x0000000000000010
+    Size:            64
+  - Name:            .rela.text
+    Type:            SHT_RELA
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_INFO_LINK ]
+    Info:            .text
+Symbols:
+  - Name:     foo
+    Type:     STT_FUNC
+    Section:  .text
+    Value:    0x1000
+    Size:     8
+  - Name:     bar
+    Type:     STT_FUNC
+    Section:  .text
+    Value:    0x1008
+    Size:     8
+  - Name:     baz
+    Type:     STT_FUNC
+    Section:  .text
+    Value:    0x1010
+    Size:     8
+
+
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
@@ -1415,12 +1415,26 @@
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> Error ELFBuilder<ELFT>::findEhdrOffset() {
+  uint32_t Index = 0;
   if (!ExtractPartition)
     return Error::success();
 
-  for (const SectionBase &Sec : Obj.sections()) {
-    if (Sec.Type == SHT_LLVM_PART_EHDR && Sec.Name == *ExtractPartition) {
-      EhdrOffset = Sec.Offset;
+  Expected<typename ELFFile<ELFT>::Elf_Shdr_Range> Sections =
+      ElfFile.sections();
+  if (!Sections)
+    return Sections.takeError();
+
+  for (const typename ELFFile<ELFT>::Elf_Shdr &Shdr : *Sections) {
+    if (Index == 0) {
+      ++Index;
+      continue;
+    }
+    Expected<StringRef> SecName = ElfFile.getSectionName(Shdr);
+    if (!SecName)
+      return SecName.takeError();
+    if (Shdr.sh_type == SHT_LLVM_PART_EHDR &&
+        SecName->str() == *ExtractPartition) {
+      EhdrOffset = Shdr.sh_offset;
       return Error::success();
     }
   }
@@ -1692,7 +1706,7 @@
   switch (Shdr.sh_type) {
   case SHT_REL:
   case SHT_RELA:
-    if (Shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) {
+    if (Obj.Type != ELF::ET_REL && (Shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
       if (Expected<ArrayRef<uint8_t>> Data = ElfFile.getSectionContents(Shdr))
         return Obj.addSection<DynamicRelocationSection>(*Data);
       else
@@ -1900,8 +1914,6 @@
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> Error ELFBuilder<ELFT>::build(bool EnsureSymtab) {
-  if (Error E = readSectionHeaders())
-    return E;
   if (Error E = findEhdrOffset())
     return E;
 
@@ -1922,6 +1934,8 @@
   Obj.Entry = Ehdr.e_entry;
   Obj.Flags = Ehdr.e_flags;
 
+  if (Error E = readSectionHeaders())
+    return E;
   if (Error E = readSections(EnsureSymtab))
     return E;
   return readProgramHeaders(*HeadersFile);