diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index e081e098461..c4607b2248a 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -4158,6 +4158,10 @@ rtld_verify_object_versions(Obj_Entry *obj)
     const Obj_Entry *depobj;
     int maxvernum, vernum;
 
+    if (obj->ver_checked)
+	return (0);
+    obj->ver_checked = true;
+
     maxvernum = 0;
     /*
      * Walk over defined and required version records and figure out
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
index 08d7e991142..6017957e80a 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ typedef struct Struct_Obj_Entry {
     bool mainprog : 1;		/* True if this is the main program */
     bool rtld : 1;		/* True if this is the dynamic linker */
     bool relocated : 1;		/* True if processed by relocate_objects() */
+    bool ver_checked : 1;	/* True if processed by rtld_verify_object_versions */
     bool textrel : 1;		/* True if there are relocations to text seg */
     bool symbolic : 1;		/* True if generated with "-Bsymbolic" */
     bool bind_now : 1;		/* True if all relocations should be made first */