diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 50ed06f6fc..c13b5bc712 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	PR binutils/14873
+	* elf-attrs.c (_bfd_elf_copy_obj_attributes): Don't attempt to
+	copy attributes from or to non-ELF.
+
 2013-02-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Don't clear pc_count
diff --git a/bfd/elf-attrs.c b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
index 4237af58eb..9a6ff6f910 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-attrs.c
+++ b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ _bfd_elf_copy_obj_attributes (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
   int i;
   int vendor;
 
+  if (bfd_get_flavour (ibfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
+      || bfd_get_flavour (obfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+    return;
+
   for (vendor = OBJ_ATTR_FIRST; vendor <= OBJ_ATTR_LAST; vendor++)
     {
       in_attr