diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index 54e0703..1069234 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -3346,6 +3346,7 @@
 static soinfo_list_t g_empty_list;
 
 bool soinfo::prelink_image() {
+  if (flags_ & FLAG_PRELINKED) return true;
   /* Extract dynamic section */
   ElfW(Word) dynamic_flags = 0;
   phdr_table_get_dynamic_section(phdr, phnum, load_bias, &dynamic, &dynamic_flags);
@@ -3840,6 +3841,8 @@
 
     // Don't call add_dlwarning because a missing DT_SONAME isn't important enough to show in the UI
   }
+
+  flags_ |= FLAG_PRELINKED;
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/linker/linker_soinfo.h b/linker/linker_soinfo.h
index dd3817c..1cb727c 100644
--- a/linker/linker_soinfo.h
+++ b/linker/linker_soinfo.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
                                          // destructor associated with this
                                          // soinfo is executed and this flag is
                                          // unset.
+#define FLAG_PRELINKED        0x00000400 // prelink_image has successfully processed this soinfo
 #define FLAG_NEW_SOINFO       0x40000000 // new soinfo format
 
 #define SOINFO_VERSION 5