/* Delete some bytes from a section while changing the size of an instruction.
    The parameter "addr" denotes the section-relative offset pointing just
    behind the shrinked instruction. "addr+count" point at the first
-   byte just behind the original unshrinked instruction.  */
+   byte just behind the original unshrinked instruction. If delete_shrinks_insn
+   is FALSE, we are deleting redundant padding bytes from relax_info prop
+   record handling. In that case, addr is section-relative offset of start
+   of padding, and count is the number of padding bytes to delete. */
 
 static bfd_boolean
 elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes (bfd *abfd,
                               asection *sec,
                               bfd_vma addr,
-                              int count)
+                              int count,
+                              bfd_boolean delete_shrinks_insn)
 {
   Elf_Internal_Shdr *symtab_hdr;
   unsigned int sec_shndx;
   struct avr_relax_info *relax_info;
   struct avr_property_record *prop_record = NULL;
   bfd_boolean did_shrink = FALSE;
+  bfd_boolean did_pad = FALSE;
 
   symtab_hdr = &elf_tdata (abfd)->symtab_hdr;
   sec_shndx = _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, sec);
          to remember we didn't delete anything i.e. don't set did_shrink,
          so that we don't corrupt reloc offsets or symbol values.*/
       memset (contents + toaddr - count, fill, count);
+      did_pad = TRUE;
 
       /* Adjust the TOADDR to avoid moving symbols located at the address
          of the property record, which has not moved.  */
         continue;
 
        shrinked_insn_address = (sec->output_section->vma
-                                + sec->output_offset + addr - count);
+                                + sec->output_offset + addr);
+       if (delete_shrinks_insn)
+         shrinked_insn_address -= count;
 
        irel = elf_section_data (isec)->relocs;
        /* PR 12161: Read in the relocs for this section if necessary.  */
                   a symbol or section associated with it.  */
                if (sym_sec == sec)
                  {
+                   /* If there is an alignment boundary, we only need to
+                      adjust addends that end up below the boundary. */
+                   bfd_vma shrink_boundary = (reloc_toaddr
+                                              + sec->output_section->vma
+                                              + sec->output_offset);
+                   bfd_boolean addend_within_shrink_boundary = FALSE;
+
                    symval += sym_sec->output_section->vma
                              + sym_sec->output_offset;
 
                              (unsigned int) (symval + irel->r_addend),
                              (unsigned int) shrinked_insn_address);
 
+                   /* If we padded bytes, then the boundary didn't change,
+                      so there's no need to adjust addends pointing at the boundary.
+                      If we didn't pad, then we actually shrank the boundary, so
+                      addends pointing at the boundary need to be adjusted too. */
+                    addend_within_shrink_boundary = did_pad
+                      ? ((symval + irel->r_addend) < shrink_boundary)
+                      : ((symval + irel->r_addend) <= shrink_boundary);
+
                    if (symval <= shrinked_insn_address
-                       && (symval + irel->r_addend) > shrinked_insn_address)
+                       && (symval + irel->r_addend) > shrinked_insn_address
+                       && addend_within_shrink_boundary)
                      {
                        if (elf32_avr_is_diff_reloc (irel))
                          {
                   {
                     /* Delete two bytes of data.  */
                     if (!elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes (abfd, sec,
-                                                       irel->r_offset + 2, 2))
+                                                       irel->r_offset + 2, 2,
+                                                       TRUE))
                       goto error_return;
 
                     /* That will change things, so, we should relax again.
 
                            /* Delete two bytes of data.  */
                            if (!elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes (abfd, sec,
-                                                              irel->r_offset + insn_size, 2))
+                                                              irel->r_offset + insn_size, 2,
+                                                              TRUE))
                              goto error_return;
 
                            /* That will change things, so, we should relax
                         record->offset -= count;
                         elf32_avr_relax_delete_bytes (abfd, sec,
                                                       addr - count,
-                                                      count);
+                                                      count, FALSE);
                         *again = TRUE;
                       }
                   }