diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index b0caedd..bcd73aa 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -2866,11 +2866,12 @@
 
   TlsSegment tls_segment;
   if (__bionic_get_tls_segment(phdr, phnum, load_bias, &tls_segment)) {
+    // The loader does not (currently) support ELF TLS, so it shouldn't have
+    // a TLS segment.
+    CHECK(!relocating_linker && "TLS not supported in loader");
     if (!__bionic_check_tls_alignment(&tls_segment.alignment)) {
-      if (!relocating_linker) {
-        DL_ERR("TLS segment alignment in \"%s\" is not a power of 2: %zu",
-               get_realpath(), tls_segment.alignment);
-      }
+      DL_ERR("TLS segment alignment in \"%s\" is not a power of 2: %zu", get_realpath(),
+             tls_segment.alignment);
       return false;
     }
     tls_ = std::make_unique<soinfo_tls>();