diff --git a/linker/linker_phdr.cpp b/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
index 1547cae..6bfe80c 100644
--- a/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_phdr.cpp
@@ -993,11 +993,42 @@
                                    should_pad_segments);
 }
 
+static inline void _extend_gnu_relro_prot_end(const ElfW(Phdr)* relro_phdr,
+                                              const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
+                                              ElfW(Addr) load_bias, ElfW(Addr)* seg_page_end) {
+  // Find the index and phdr of the LOAD containing the GNU_RELRO segment
+  for (size_t index = 0; index < phdr_count; ++index) {
+    const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = &phdr_table[index];
+
+    if (phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD && phdr->p_vaddr == relro_phdr->p_vaddr) {
+      // If the PT_GNU_RELRO mem size is not at least as large as the corresponding
+      // LOAD segment mem size, we need to protect only a partial region of the
+      // LOAD segment and therefore cannot avoid a VMA split.
+      if (relro_phdr->p_memsz < phdr->p_memsz) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      ElfW(Addr) p_memsz = phdr->p_memsz;
+      ElfW(Addr) p_filesz = phdr->p_filesz;
+
+      // Attempt extending the VMA (mprotect range). Without extending the range
+      // mprotect will only RO protect a part of the extend RW LOAD segment, which will
+      // leave an extra split RW VMA (the gap).
+      _extend_load_segment_vma(phdr_table, phdr_count, index, &p_memsz, &p_filesz);
+
+      *seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + p_memsz + load_bias);
+
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /* Used internally by phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro and
  * phdr_table_unprotect_gnu_relro.
  */
 static int _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
-                                          ElfW(Addr) load_bias, int prot_flags) {
+                                          ElfW(Addr) load_bias, int prot_flags,
+                                          bool should_pad_segments) {
   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr = phdr_table;
   const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_limit = phdr + phdr_count;
 
@@ -1022,8 +1053,16 @@
     //       the program is likely to fail at runtime. So in effect the
     //       linker must only emit a PT_GNU_RELRO segment if it ensures
     //       that it starts on a page boundary.
-    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_start = page_start(phdr->p_vaddr) + load_bias;
-    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + phdr->p_memsz) + load_bias;
+    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_start = page_start(phdr->p_vaddr + load_bias);
+    ElfW(Addr) seg_page_end = page_end(phdr->p_vaddr + phdr->p_memsz + load_bias);
+
+    // Before extending the RO protection, we need to ensure that the segments were extended
+    // by bionic, because the kernel won't map gaps so it usually contains unrelated
+    // mappings which will be incorrectly protected as RO likely leading to
+    // segmentation fault.
+    if (phdr->p_align > kPageSize && should_pad_segments) {
+      _extend_gnu_relro_prot_end(phdr, phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, &seg_page_end);
+    }
 
     int ret = mprotect(reinterpret_cast<void*>(seg_page_start),
                        seg_page_end - seg_page_start,
@@ -1048,12 +1087,14 @@
  *   phdr_table  -> program header table
  *   phdr_count  -> number of entries in tables
  *   load_bias   -> load bias
+ *   should_pad_segments -> Were segments extended to avoid gaps in the memory map
  * Return:
  *   0 on success, -1 on failure (error code in errno).
  */
-int phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table,
-                                 size_t phdr_count, ElfW(Addr) load_bias) {
-  return _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, PROT_READ);
+int phdr_table_protect_gnu_relro(const ElfW(Phdr)* phdr_table, size_t phdr_count,
+                                 ElfW(Addr) load_bias, bool should_pad_segments) {
+  return _phdr_table_set_gnu_relro_prot(phdr_table, phdr_count, load_bias, PROT_READ,
+                                        should_pad_segments);
 }
 
 /* Serialize the GNU relro segments to the given file descriptor. This can be