diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d0465623ff..678a00787e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-04-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* elf-properties.c (_bfd_elf_parse_gnu_properties): Ignore
+	processor-specific properties with generic ELF target vector.
+
 2017-04-10  Qing Zhao  <qing.zhao@oracle.com>
 
         * elf32-sparc.c (elf_backend_fixup_symbol): New.
diff --git a/bfd/elf-properties.c b/bfd/elf-properties.c
index a0456f8df9..04ef53625a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-properties.c
+++ b/bfd/elf-properties.c
@@ -113,7 +113,15 @@ bad_size:
 
       if (type >= GNU_PROPERTY_LOPROC)
 	{
-	  if (type < GNU_PROPERTY_LOUSER && bed->parse_gnu_properties)
+	  if (bed->elf_machine_code == EM_NONE)
+	    {
+	      /* Ignore processor-specific properties with generic ELF
+		 target vector.  They should be handled by the matching
+		 ELF target vector.  */
+	      goto next;
+	    }
+	  else if (type < GNU_PROPERTY_LOUSER
+		   && bed->parse_gnu_properties)
 	    {
 	      enum elf_property_kind kind
 		= bed->parse_gnu_properties (abfd, type, ptr, datasz);