diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/MCTargetDesc/RISCVELFStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/MCTargetDesc/RISCVELFStreamer.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/MCTargetDesc/RISCVELFStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/MCTargetDesc/RISCVELFStreamer.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@
 
   static bool requiresFixups(MCContext &C, const MCExpr *Value,
                              const MCExpr *&LHS, const MCExpr *&RHS) {
+    auto IsMetadataOrEHFrameSection = [](const MCSection &S) -> bool {
+      return S.getKind().isMetadata() || S.getName() == ".eh_frame";
+    };
+
     const auto *MBE = dyn_cast<MCBinaryExpr>(Value);
     if (MBE == nullptr)
       return false;
@@ -225,10 +229,15 @@
                              MCConstantExpr::create(E.getConstant(), C), C);
     RHS = E.getSymB();
 
-    return (A.isInSection() ? A.getSection().hasInstructions()
-                            : !A.getName().empty()) ||
-           (B.isInSection() ? B.getSection().hasInstructions()
-                            : !B.getName().empty());
+    // TODO: when available, R_RISCV_n_PCREL should be preferred.
+
+    // Avoid pairwise relocations for symbolic difference in debug and .eh_frame
+    if (A.isInSection())
+      return !IsMetadataOrEHFrameSection(A.getSection());
+    if (B.isInSection())
+      return !IsMetadataOrEHFrameSection(B.getSection());
+    // as well as for absolute symbols.
+    return !A.getName().empty() || !B.getName().empty();
   }
 
   void reset() override {
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/riscv64-64b-pcrel.s b/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/riscv64-64b-pcrel.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/RISCV/riscv64-64b-pcrel.s
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu -filetype obj -o - %s \
+# RUN:   | llvm-readobj -r - | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: Relocations [
+# CHECK:  .relasx {
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_ADD64 y 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_SUB64 x 0x0
+# CHECK:  }
+# CHECK:  .relasy {
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_ADD64 x 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_SUB64 y 0x0
+# CHECK:  }
+# CHECK:  .relasz {
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_ADD64 z 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_SUB64 a 0x0
+# CHECK:  }
+# CHECK:  .relasa {
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_ADD64 a 0x0
+# CHECK-NEXT:    0x0 R_RISCV_SUB64 z 0x0
+# CHECK:  }
+# CHECK: ]
+
+	.section	sx,"aw",@progbits
+x:
+	.quad y-x
+
+	.section	sy,"aw",@progbits
+y:
+	.quad x-y
+
+	.section	sz
+z:
+	.quad z-a
+
+	.section	sa
+a:
+	.quad a-z