diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/bfd/elf-properties.c binutils-2.32-new/bfd/elf-properties.c
--- binutils-2.32/bfd/elf-properties.c	2019-01-19 17:01:32.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/bfd/elf-properties.c	2019-11-19 20:47:13.003654121 +0100
@@ -322,12 +322,10 @@ elf_merge_gnu_property_list (struct bfd_
 			 (bfd_vma) p->property.pr_type, first_pbfd, abfd);
 		  }
 	      }
-	    else
-	      {
-		/* Remove this property.  */
-		*lastp = p->next;
-		continue;
-	      }
+
+	    /* Remove this property.  */
+	    *lastp = p->next;
+	    continue;
 	  }
 	else if (number_p)
 	  {
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721a.s binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721a.s
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721a.s	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721a.s	2019-11-19 20:47:13.004654127 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+	.text
+	.globl foo
+	.type foo,@function
+	.p2align 4
+foo:
+	ret
+
+	.section ".note.gnu.property", "a"
+.ifdef __64_bit__
+	.p2align 3
+.else
+	.p2align 2
+.endif
+	.long 1f - 0f		/* name length */
+	.long 5f - 2f		/* data length */
+	.long 5			/* note type */
+0:	.asciz "GNU"		/* vendor name */
+1:
+.ifdef __64_bit__
+	.p2align 3
+.else
+	.p2align 2
+.endif
+2:	.long 0xc0000002	/* pr_type.  */
+	.long 4f - 3f		/* pr_datasz.  */
+3:
+	.long 0x1
+4:
+.ifdef __64_bit__
+	.p2align 3
+.else
+	.p2align 2
+.endif
+5:
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721b.s binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721b.s
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721b.s	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721b.s	2019-11-19 20:47:13.004654127 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+	.text
+	.globl bar
+	.type bar,@function
+	.p2align 4
+bar:
+	ret
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.d binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.d
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.d	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.d	2019-11-19 20:47:13.004654127 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#source: pr24721a.s
+#source: pr24721b.s
+#as: --64 -defsym __64_bit__=1 -mx86-used-note=no
+#ld: -r -melf_x86_64 -Map tmpdir/pr24721.map
+#readelf: -n
+#map: pr24721.map
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.map binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.map
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.map	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721.map	2019-11-19 20:47:13.004654127 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#...
+Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge tmpdir/pr24721a.o \(0x1\) and tmpdir/pr24721b.o \(not found\)
+#pass
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721-x32.d binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721-x32.d
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721-x32.d	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr24721-x32.d	2019-11-19 20:47:13.003654121 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#source: pr24721a.s
+#source: pr24721b.s
+#as: --x32 -mx86-used-note=no
+#ld: -r -m elf32_x86_64 -Map tmpdir/pr24721.map
+#readelf: -n
+#map: pr24721.map
diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp
--- binutils-2.32/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp	2019-11-19 20:47:04.837607078 +0100
+++ binutils-2.32-new/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/x86-64.exp	2019-11-19 20:47:13.004654127 +0100
@@ -424,6 +424,8 @@ run_dump_test "pr23486d-x32"
 run_dump_test "pr23854"
 run_dump_test "pr23930"
 run_dump_test "pr23930-x32"
+run_dump_test "pr24721"
+run_dump_test "pr24721-x32"
 
 if { ![istarget "x86_64-*-linux*"] && ![istarget "x86_64-*-nacl*"]} {
     return