diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 1d91460f4c1..eecfb0f70c7 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -4611,7 +4611,7 @@ allocate_tls_offset(Obj_Entry *obj)
 	return true;
     }
 
-    if (obj->tlsindex == 1)
+    if (tls_last_offset == 0)
 	off = calculate_first_tls_offset(obj->tlssize, obj->tlsalign);
     else
 	off = calculate_tls_offset(tls_last_offset, tls_last_size,