diff --git a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -257,10 +257,8 @@
   StringRef s = saver.save(config->dynamicLinker);
   ArrayRef<uint8_t> contents = {(const uint8_t *)s.data(), s.size() + 1};
 
-  auto *sec = make<InputSection>(nullptr, SHF_ALLOC, SHT_PROGBITS, 1, contents,
-                                 ".interp");
-  sec->markLive();
-  return sec;
+  return make<InputSection>(nullptr, SHF_ALLOC, SHT_PROGBITS, 1, contents,
+                            ".interp");
 }
 
 Defined *elf::addSyntheticLocal(StringRef name, uint8_t type, uint64_t value,
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,18 @@
   // you can call lld::elf::main more than once as a library.
   memset(&Out::first, 0, sizeof(Out));
 
-  auto add = [](InputSectionBase *sec) { inputSections.push_back(sec); };
+  // Add the .interp section first because it is not a SyntheticSection.
+  // The removeUnusedSyntheticSections() function relies on the
+  // SyntheticSections coming last.
+  if (needsInterpSection()) {
+    for (size_t i = 0; i != partitions.size(); ++i) {
+      InputSection *sec = createInterpSection();
+      sec->partition = i + 1;
+      inputSections.push_back(sec);
+    }
+  }
+
+  auto add = [](SyntheticSection *sec) { inputSections.push_back(sec); };
 
   in.shStrTab = make<StringTableSection>(".shstrtab", false);
 
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@
   StringRef relaDynName = config->isRela ? ".rela.dyn" : ".rel.dyn";
 
   for (Partition &part : partitions) {
-    auto add = [&](InputSectionBase *sec) {
+    auto add = [&](SyntheticSection *sec) {
       sec->partition = part.getNumber();
       inputSections.push_back(sec);
     };
@@ -384,9 +395,6 @@
       part.relaDyn =
           make<RelocationSection<ELFT>>(relaDynName, config->zCombreloc);
 
-    if (needsInterpSection())
-      add(createInterpSection());
-
     if (config->hasDynSymTab) {
       part.dynSymTab = make<SymbolTableSection<ELFT>>(*part.dynStrTab);
       add(part.dynSymTab);
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/shared.s b/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/shared.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/shared.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/Inputs/shared.s
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .global bar
-.type bar, @function
+.type bar, %function
 bar:
 
 .global bar2
-.type bar2, @function
+.type bar2, %function
 bar2:
 
 .global zed
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/dynamic-linker.s b/lld/test/ELF/dynamic-linker.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/dynamic-linker.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/dynamic-linker.s
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
 
 # RUN: ld.lld --dynamic-linker foo %t.o %t.so -o %t
-# RUN: llvm-readelf -program-headers %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -program-headers -section-headers %t | FileCheck %s
 
 # RUN: ld.lld --dynamic-linker=foo %t.o %t.so -o %t
-# RUN: llvm-readelf -program-headers %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -program-headers -section-headers %t | FileCheck %s
 
+# CHECK-NOT: .bss
 # CHECK: [Requesting program interpreter: foo]
 
 # RUN: ld.lld %t.o %t.so -o %t
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/partition-dynamic-linker.s b/lld/test/ELF/partition-dynamic-linker.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/partition-dynamic-linker.s
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+## Test that we don't create a .ARM.exidx for the main partition.
+## Previously we were doing so, which is unnecessary and led to a crash.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=armv7a-none-linux-gnueabi %p/Inputs/shared.s -o %t1.o
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t1.o -o %t.so
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=armv7a-none-linux-gnueabi %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared --gc-sections --dynamic-linker foo %t.o %t.so -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -section-headers %t | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: .ARM.exidx
+# CHECK-NOT: .ARM.exidx
+
+.section .llvm_sympart,"",%llvm_sympart
+.asciz "part1"
+.4byte p1
+
+.section .text.p1,"ax",%progbits
+.globl p1
+p1:
+.fnstart
+bx lr
+.cantunwind
+.fnend