--- /dev/null
+--- a/bfd/elf32-arm.c
++++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.c
+@@ -5631,6 +5631,10 @@ bfd_elf32_arm_init_maps (bfd *abfd)
+ if (! is_arm_elf (abfd))
+ return;
+
++ /* PR 7093: Make sure that we are dealing with an arm elf binary. */
++ if (! is_arm_elf (abfd))
++ return;
++
+ if ((abfd->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0)
+ return;
+