diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 9897248bffb..f60872f12c5 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -2288,7 +2288,8 @@ init_rtld(caddr_t mapbase, Elf_Auxinfo **aux_info)
     obj_rtld.path = xstrdup(ld_path_rtld);
 
     parse_rtld_phdr(&obj_rtld);
-    obj_enforce_relro(&obj_rtld);
+    if (obj_enforce_relro(&obj_rtld) == -1)
+	rtld_die();
 
     r_debug.r_version = R_DEBUG_VERSION;
     r_debug.r_brk = r_debug_state;