diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index 2d09a6160a..fb960491de 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ func archreloc(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, *ld.ArchSyms, loader.Reloc, loader.Sy
 	return -1, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	log.Fatalf("unexpected relocation variant")
 	return -1
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
index 03caeae7be..efdaff198d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	log.Fatalf("unexpected relocation variant")
 	return -1
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
index 72093268c2..90ae38594e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	log.Fatalf("unexpected relocation variant")
 	return -1
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index a9d17c806e..6de2d893ae 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func (st *relocSymState) relocsym(s loader.Sym, P []byte) {
 
 		if target.IsPPC64() || target.IsS390X() {
 			if rv != sym.RV_NONE {
-				o = thearch.Archrelocvariant(target, ldr, r, rv, s, o)
+				o = thearch.Archrelocvariant(target, ldr, r, rv, s, o, P)
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index c96a9be355..d136cbad80 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ type Arch struct {
 	// to-be-relocated data item (from sym.P). Return is an updated
 	// offset value.
 	Archrelocvariant func(target *Target, ldr *loader.Loader, rel loader.Reloc,
-		rv sym.RelocVariant, sym loader.Sym, offset int64) (relocatedOffset int64)
+		rv sym.RelocVariant, sym loader.Sym, offset int64, data []byte) (relocatedOffset int64)
 
 	// Generate a trampoline for a call from s to rs if necessary. ri is
 	// index of the relocation.
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
index 17b1b20aff..8505dc6109 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips/asm.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	return -1
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
index 4789b411eb..55b4ba2fc8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	return -1
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
index 83df8a7a13..aa2532ad37 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, nExtReloc, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv sym.RelocVariant, s loader.Sym, t int64) (relocatedOffset int64) {
+func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv sym.RelocVariant, s loader.Sym, t int64, p []byte) (relocatedOffset int64) {
 	rs := ldr.ResolveABIAlias(r.Sym())
 	switch rv & sym.RV_TYPE_MASK {
 	default:
@@ -875,9 +875,10 @@ func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv
 			// overflow depends on the instruction
 			var o1 uint32
 			if target.IsBigEndian() {
-				o1 = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off()-2:])
+				o1 = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(p[r.Off()-2:])
+
 			} else {
-				o1 = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off():])
+				o1 = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p[r.Off():])
 			}
 			switch o1 >> 26 {
 			case 24, // ori
@@ -909,9 +910,9 @@ func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv
 			// overflow depends on the instruction
 			var o1 uint32
 			if target.IsBigEndian() {
-				o1 = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off()-2:])
+				o1 = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(p[r.Off()-2:])
 			} else {
-				o1 = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off():])
+				o1 = binary.LittleEndian.Uint32(p[r.Off():])
 			}
 			switch o1 >> 26 {
 			case 25, // oris
@@ -933,9 +934,9 @@ func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv
 	case sym.RV_POWER_DS:
 		var o1 uint32
 		if target.IsBigEndian() {
-			o1 = uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off():]))
+			o1 = uint32(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(p[r.Off():]))
 		} else {
-			o1 = uint32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(ldr.Data(s)[r.Off():]))
+			o1 = uint32(binary.LittleEndian.Uint16(p[r.Off():]))
 		}
 		if t&3 != 0 {
 			ldr.Errorf(s, "relocation for %s+%d is not aligned: %d", ldr.SymName(rs), r.Off(), t)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/riscv64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/riscv64/asm.go
index c18e0540d8..6eace617dc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/riscv64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/riscv64/asm.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	log.Fatalf("archrelocvariant")
 	return -1
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
index 78d2cc81e4..1952971dcb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ func archreloc(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, syms *ld.ArchSyms, r loade
 	return val, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv sym.RelocVariant, s loader.Sym, t int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(target *ld.Target, ldr *loader.Loader, r loader.Reloc, rv sym.RelocVariant, s loader.Sym, t int64, p []byte) int64 {
 	switch rv & sym.RV_TYPE_MASK {
 	default:
 		ldr.Errorf(s, "unexpected relocation variant %d", rv)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
index af0ce11255..5f6bcfb8b1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ func archreloc(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, *ld.ArchSyms, loader.Reloc, loader.Sy
 	return -1, 0, false
 }
 
-func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64) int64 {
+func archrelocvariant(*ld.Target, *loader.Loader, loader.Reloc, sym.RelocVariant, loader.Sym, int64, []byte) int64 {
 	log.Fatalf("unexpected relocation variant")
 	return -1
 }