diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
index fe35578225..8814bad4ae 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/xcoff.go
@@ -578,13 +578,14 @@ func xcoffUpdateOuterSize(ctxt *Link, size int64, stype sym.SymKind) {
 		// Nothing to do
 	case sym.STYPERELRO:
 		if ctxt.UseRelro() && (ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCArchive || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModeCShared || ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePIE) {
-			outerSymSize["typerel.*"] = size
+			// runtime.types size must be removed, as it's a real symbol.
+			outerSymSize["typerel.*"] = size - ctxt.Syms.ROLookup("runtime.types", 0).Size
 			return
 		}
 		fallthrough
 	case sym.STYPE:
 		if !ctxt.DynlinkingGo() {
-			// runtime.types size must be removed.
+			// runtime.types size must be removed, as it's a real symbol.
 			outerSymSize["type.*"] = size - ctxt.Syms.ROLookup("runtime.types", 0).Size
 		}
 	case sym.SGOSTRING: