diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 1d8b75dda1..464203fa62 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2019-05-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR 24596
+	* elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Don't
+	attempt to set sh_entsize for excluded PLT section.
+
 2019-05-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 24596
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-microblaze.c b/bfd/elf32-microblaze.c
index 8015465109..8d1700bf0f 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-microblaze.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-microblaze.c
@@ -3455,9 +3455,10 @@ microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
 	  memset (splt->contents, 0, PLT_ENTRY_SIZE);
 	  bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, (bfd_vma) 0x80000000 /* nop.  */,
 		      splt->contents + splt->size - 4);
-	}
 
-      elf_section_data (splt->output_section)->this_hdr.sh_entsize = 4;
+	  if (splt->output_section != bfd_abs_section_ptr)
+	    elf_section_data (splt->output_section)->this_hdr.sh_entsize = 4;
+	}
     }
 
   /* Set the first entry in the global offset table to the address of