diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.27.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.27.inc
index df8864cbfa..5a65d91f8b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.27.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-2.27.inc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SRC_URI = "\
      file://0015-binutils-mips-gas-pic-relax-linkonce.diff \
      file://0015-Refine-.cfi_sections-check-to-only-consider-compact-.patch \
      file://0016-Fix-seg-fault-in-ARM-linker-when-trying-to-parse-a-b.patch \
+     file://0017-Fix-the-generation-of-alignment-frags-in-code-sectio.patch \
      file://0001-ppc-apuinfo-for-spe-parsed-incorrectly.patch \
 "
 S  = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0017-Fix-the-generation-of-alignment-frags-in-code-sectio.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0017-Fix-the-generation-of-alignment-frags-in-code-sectio.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8b46be697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils/0017-Fix-the-generation-of-alignment-frags-in-code-sectio.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+From 4a4286465b5d6c28968bc2b29ae08daca7f219a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:42:48 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix the generation of alignment frags in code sections for AArch64.
+
+PR gas/20364
+* config/tc-aarch64.c (s_ltorg): Change the mapping state after
+aligning the frag.
+(aarch64_init): Treat rs_align frags in code sections as
+containing code, not data.
+* testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s: New test.
+* testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d: New test driver.
+
+Backporting the patch from binutils mainline
+https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7ea12e5c3ad54da440c08f32da09534e63e515ca
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Signed-off-by: Manjukumar Matha <manjukumar.harthikote-matha@xilinx.com>
+---
+ gas/ChangeLog                       | 10 ++++++++++
+ gas/config/tc-aarch64.c             | 10 +++++++---
+ gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d | 13 +++++++++++++
+ gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 4 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d
+ create mode 100644 gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s
+
+diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
+index a39895a..fad06dc 100644
+--- a/gas/ChangeLog
++++ b/gas/ChangeLog
+@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
++2016-08-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
++
++	PR gas/20364
++	* config/tc-aarch64.c (s_ltorg): Change the mapping state after
++	aligning the frag.
++	(aarch64_init): Treat rs_align frags in code sections as
++	containing code, not data.
++	* testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s: New test.
++	* testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d: New test driver.
++
+ 2016-08-03  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+ 
+ 	* configure: Regenerate.
+diff --git a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
+index ddc40f2..74933cb 100644
+--- a/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
++++ b/gas/config/tc-aarch64.c
+@@ -1736,13 +1736,13 @@ s_ltorg (int ignored ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+       if (pool == NULL || pool->symbol == NULL || pool->next_free_entry == 0)
+ 	continue;
+ 
+-      mapping_state (MAP_DATA);
+-
+       /* Align pool as you have word accesses.
+          Only make a frag if we have to.  */
+       if (!need_pass_2)
+ 	frag_align (align, 0, 0);
+ 
++      mapping_state (MAP_DATA);
++
+       record_alignment (now_seg, align);
+ 
+       sprintf (sym_name, "$$lit_\002%x", pool->id);
+@@ -6373,11 +6373,15 @@ aarch64_init_frag (fragS * fragP, int max_chars)
+ 
+   switch (fragP->fr_type)
+     {
+-    case rs_align:
+     case rs_align_test:
+     case rs_fill:
+       mapping_state_2 (MAP_DATA, max_chars);
+       break;
++    case rs_align:
++      /* PR 20364: We can get alignment frags in code sections,
++	 so do not just assume that we should use the MAP_DATA state.  */
++      mapping_state_2 (subseg_text_p (now_seg) ? MAP_INSN : MAP_DATA, max_chars);
++      break;
+     case rs_align_code:
+       mapping_state_2 (MAP_INSN, max_chars);
+       break;
+diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..babcff1
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.d
+@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
++# Check that ".align <size>, <fill>" does not set the mapping state to DATA, causing unnecessary frag generation.
++#name: PR20364 
++#objdump: -d
++
++.*:     file format .*
++
++Disassembly of section \.vectors:
++
++0+000 <.*>:
++   0:	d2800000 	mov	x0, #0x0                   	// #0
++   4:	94000000 	bl	0 <plat_report_exception>
++   8:	17fffffe 	b	0 <bl1_exceptions>
++
+diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..594ad7c
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/aarch64/pr20364.s
+@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
++ .macro vector_base label
++ .section .vectors, "ax"
++ .align 11, 0
++ \label:
++ .endm
++
++ .macro vector_entry label
++ .section .vectors, "ax"
++ .align 7, 0
++ \label:
++ .endm
++
++ .macro check_vector_size since
++   .if (. - \since) > (32 * 4)
++     .error "Vector exceeds 32 instructions"
++   .endif
++ .endm
++
++ .globl bl1_exceptions
++
++vector_base bl1_exceptions
++
++vector_entry SynchronousExceptionSP0
++ mov x0, #0x0
++ bl plat_report_exception
++ b SynchronousExceptionSP0
++ check_vector_size SynchronousExceptionSP0
++
+-- 
+2.7.4
+