diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc
index 5838b49e341..96fef7b8dde 100644
--- a/gold/powerpc.cc
+++ b/gold/powerpc.cc
@@ -1763,6 +1763,8 @@ class Target_powerpc : public Sized_target<size, big_endian>
   Branches branch_info_;
   Tocsave_loc tocsave_loc_;
 
+  off_t rela_dyn_size_;
+
   bool power10_relocs_;
   bool plt_thread_safe_;
   bool plt_localentry0_;
@@ -3687,6 +3689,18 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::Branch_info::make_stub(
   return ok;
 }
 
+// Helper for do_relax, avoiding checks that size, address and offset
+// are not set more than once.
+
+static inline void
+update_current_size(Output_section_data_build* od, off_t cur_size)
+{
+  od->reset_address_and_file_offset();
+  od->set_current_data_size(cur_size);
+  od->finalize_data_size();
+  od->output_section()->set_section_offsets_need_adjustment();
+}
+
 // Relaxation hook.  This is where we do stub generation.
 
 template<int size, bool big_endian>
@@ -3752,10 +3766,11 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::do_relax(int pass,
 	    }
 	}
       this->plt_thread_safe_ = thread_safe;
-    }
 
-  if (pass == 1)
-    {
+      if (parameters->options().output_is_position_independent())
+	this->rela_dyn_size_
+	  = this->rela_dyn_section(layout)->current_data_size();
+
       this->stub_group_size_ = parameters->options().stub_group_size();
       bool no_size_errors = true;
       if (this->stub_group_size_ == 1)
@@ -3868,7 +3883,15 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::do_relax(int pass,
   if (size == 64 && num_huge_branches != 0)
     this->make_brlt_section(layout);
   if (size == 64 && again)
-    this->brlt_section_->set_current_size(num_huge_branches);
+    {
+      update_current_size(this->brlt_section_, num_huge_branches * 16);
+      if (parameters->options().output_is_position_independent())
+	{
+	  const unsigned int reloc_size = elfcpp::Elf_sizes<size>::rela_size;
+	  off_t cur = this->rela_dyn_size_ + num_huge_branches * reloc_size;
+	  update_current_size(this->rela_dyn_, cur);
+	}
+    }
 
   for (typename Stub_tables::reverse_iterator p = this->stub_tables_.rbegin();
        p != this->stub_tables_.rend();
@@ -3937,15 +3960,21 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::do_relax(int pass,
       && parameters->options().output_is_position_independent())
     {
       // Fill in the BRLT relocs.
-      this->brlt_section_->reset_brlt_sizes();
+      this->rela_dyn_->reset_data_size();
+      this->rela_dyn_->set_current_data_size(this->rela_dyn_size_);
       for (typename Branch_lookup_table::const_iterator p
 	     = this->branch_lookup_table_.begin();
 	   p != this->branch_lookup_table_.end();
 	   ++p)
 	{
-	  this->brlt_section_->add_reloc(p->first, p->second);
+	  this->rela_dyn_->add_relative(elfcpp::R_POWERPC_RELATIVE,
+					this->brlt_section_, p->second,
+					p->first);
 	}
-      this->brlt_section_->finalize_brlt_sizes();
+      this->rela_dyn_->finalize_data_size();
+      const unsigned int reloc_size = elfcpp::Elf_sizes<size>::rela_size;
+      gold_assert(this->rela_dyn_->data_size()
+		  == this->rela_dyn_size_ + num_huge_branches * reloc_size);
     }
 
   if (!again
@@ -4554,52 +4583,11 @@ class Output_data_brlt_powerpc : public Output_section_data_build
   typedef Output_data_reloc<elfcpp::SHT_RELA, true,
 			    size, big_endian> Reloc_section;
 
-  Output_data_brlt_powerpc(Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>* targ,
-			   Reloc_section* brlt_rel)
+  Output_data_brlt_powerpc(Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>* targ)
     : Output_section_data_build(size == 32 ? 4 : 8),
-      rel_(brlt_rel),
       targ_(targ)
   { }
 
-  void
-  reset_brlt_sizes()
-  {
-    this->reset_data_size();
-    this->rel_->reset_data_size();
-  }
-
-  void
-  finalize_brlt_sizes()
-  {
-    this->finalize_data_size();
-    this->rel_->finalize_data_size();
-  }
-
-  // Add a reloc for an entry in the BRLT.
-  void
-  add_reloc(Address to, unsigned int off)
-  { this->rel_->add_relative(elfcpp::R_POWERPC_RELATIVE, this, off, to); }
-
-  // Update section and reloc section size.
-  void
-  set_current_size(unsigned int num_branches)
-  {
-    this->reset_address_and_file_offset();
-    this->set_current_data_size(num_branches * 16);
-    this->finalize_data_size();
-    Output_section* os = this->output_section();
-    os->set_section_offsets_need_adjustment();
-    if (this->rel_ != NULL)
-      {
-	const unsigned int reloc_size = elfcpp::Elf_sizes<size>::rela_size;
-	this->rel_->reset_address_and_file_offset();
-	this->rel_->set_current_data_size(num_branches * reloc_size);
-	this->rel_->finalize_data_size();
-	Output_section* os = this->rel_->output_section();
-	os->set_section_offsets_need_adjustment();
-      }
-  }
-
  protected:
   void
   do_adjust_output_section(Output_section* os)
@@ -4617,8 +4605,6 @@ class Output_data_brlt_powerpc : public Output_section_data_build
   void
   do_write(Output_file*);
 
-  // The reloc section.
-  Reloc_section* rel_;
   Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>* targ_;
 };
 
@@ -4630,24 +4616,15 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::make_brlt_section(Layout* layout)
 {
   if (size == 64 && this->brlt_section_ == NULL)
     {
-      Reloc_section* brlt_rel = NULL;
       bool is_pic = parameters->options().output_is_position_independent();
       if (is_pic)
 	{
 	  // When PIC we can't fill in .branch_lt but must initialise at
 	  // runtime via dynamic relocations.
 	  this->rela_dyn_section(layout);
-	  // FIXME: This reloc section won't have its relative relocs
-	  // sorted properly among the other relative relocs in rela_dyn_
-	  // but it must be a separate section due to needing to call
-	  // reset_data_size().
-	  brlt_rel = new Reloc_section(false);
-	  if (this->rela_dyn_->output_section())
-	    this->rela_dyn_->output_section()
-	      ->add_output_section_data(brlt_rel);
 	}
       this->brlt_section_
-	= new Output_data_brlt_powerpc<size, big_endian>(this, brlt_rel);
+	= new Output_data_brlt_powerpc<size, big_endian>(this);
       if (this->plt_ && is_pic && this->plt_->output_section())
 	this->plt_->output_section()
 	  ->add_output_section_data(this->brlt_section_);