diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index fe68e6ded9..01b93c52cb 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-03-15  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+	* pe-dll.c (generate_reloc): Drop padding to reloc_s->size.
+
 2021-03-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am (ALL_EMULATION_SOURCES): Move riscv files to..
diff --git a/ld/pe-dll.c b/ld/pe-dll.c
index afcf6fea93..eaecb951ef 100644
--- a/ld/pe-dll.c
+++ b/ld/pe-dll.c
@@ -1752,9 +1752,6 @@ generate_reloc (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
   if (page_ptr != (bfd_vma) -1)
     bfd_put_32 (abfd, reloc_sz - page_ptr, reloc_d + page_ptr + 4);
-
-  while (reloc_sz < reloc_s->size)
-    reloc_d[reloc_sz++] = 0;
 }
 
 /* Given the exiting def_file structure, print out a .DEF file that