diff --git a/arch/arm/core/elf.c b/arch/arm/core/elf.c
index e16af6199e6..d68b59501f5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/core/elf.c
+++ b/arch/arm/core/elf.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ void arch_elf_relocate(elf_rela_t *rel, uintptr_t opaddr, uintptr_t opval)
 
 	switch (reloc_type) {
 	case R_ARM_ABS32:
+		/* Add the addend stored at opaddr to opval */
+		opval += *((uint32_t *)opaddr);
+
 		/* Update the absolute address of a load/store instruction */
 		*((uint32_t *)opaddr) = (uint32_t)opval;
 		break;
diff --git a/subsys/llext/llext.c b/subsys/llext/llext.c
index a6ed1e4ac86..9af133d6757 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/llext.c
+++ b/subsys/llext/llext.c
@@ -769,10 +769,9 @@ static int llext_link(struct llext_loader *ldr, struct llext *ext, bool do_local
 				}
 			} else if (ELF_ST_TYPE(sym.st_info) == STT_SECTION ||
 				   ELF_ST_TYPE(sym.st_info) == STT_FUNC) {
-				/* Current relocation location holds an offset into the section */
+				/* Link address is relative to the start of the section */
 				link_addr = (uintptr_t)ext->mem[ldr->sect_map[sym.st_shndx]]
-					+ sym.st_value
-					+ *((uintptr_t *)op_loc);
+					+ sym.st_value;
 
 				LOG_INF("found section symbol %s addr 0x%lx", name, link_addr);
 			} else {