Index: head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/elfcopy.h
===================================================================
--- head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/elfcopy.h
+++ head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/elfcopy.h
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(section) sec_list;	/* next section */
 };
 
+TAILQ_HEAD(sectionlist, section);
+
 /* Internal data structure for segments. */
 struct segment {
 	uint64_t	vaddr;	/* virtual addr (VMA) */
Index: head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/sections.c
===================================================================
--- head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/sections.c
+++ head/contrib/elftoolchain/elfcopy/sections.c
@@ -314,18 +314,18 @@
 {
 	struct section *s;
 
-	if (!tail) {
+	if (tail || TAILQ_EMPTY(&ecp->v_sec) ||
+	    TAILQ_LAST(&ecp->v_sec, sectionlist)->off <= sec->off) {
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ecp->v_sec, sec, sec_list);
+	} else {
 		TAILQ_FOREACH(s, &ecp->v_sec, sec_list) {
 			if (sec->off < s->off) {
 				TAILQ_INSERT_BEFORE(s, sec, sec_list);
-				goto inc_nos;
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ecp->v_sec, sec, sec_list);
-
-inc_nos:
 	if (sec->pseudo == 0)
 		ecp->nos++;
 }