diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
index 758725a24320..c56aa9fa513c 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c
@@ -3013,11 +3013,8 @@ relocate_object(Obj_Entry *obj, bool bind_now, Obj_Entry *rtldobj,
 		dbg("relocating \"%s\"", obj->path);
 
 	if (obj->symtab == NULL || obj->strtab == NULL ||
-	    !(obj->valid_hash_sysv || obj->valid_hash_gnu)) {
-		_rtld_error("%s: Shared object has no run-time symbol table",
-			    obj->path);
-		return (-1);
-	}
+	    !(obj->valid_hash_sysv || obj->valid_hash_gnu))
+		dbg("object %s has no run-time symbol table", obj->path);
 
 	/* There are relocations to the write-protected text segment. */
 	if (obj->textrel && reloc_textrel_prot(obj, true) != 0)