Also reported as PR25210
--- bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c.mm	2019-09-09 13:19:43.000000000 +0000
+++ bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c	2019-11-20 11:44:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -4312,7 +4312,8 @@ elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs (bfd *output_bf
 
       for (input_bfd = info->input_bfds;
 	   input_bfd != NULL; input_bfd = input_bfd->link.next)
-	if (!_bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_scan (input_bfd, info,
+	if (input_bfd != stub_bfd
+	    && !_bfd_aarch64_erratum_835769_scan (input_bfd, info,
 					       &num_erratum_835769_fixes))
 	  return FALSE;
 
@@ -4327,6 +4328,7 @@ elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs (bfd *output_bf
       for (input_bfd = info->input_bfds;
 	   input_bfd != NULL;
 	   input_bfd = input_bfd->link.next)
+	if (input_bfd != stub_bfd)
 	{
 	  asection *section;