diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 84853986e67..e03c892b0ce 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-11-23  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (dump_section_as_ctf): Call ctf_arc_symsect_endianness.
+
 2020-11-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/binutils-all/nm.exp (ifunc): xfail more targets.
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index e4d96bb9b34..57e0f1de459 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -14758,6 +14758,9 @@ dump_section_as_ctf (Elf_Internal_Shdr * section, Filedata * filedata)
       goto fail;
     }
 
+  ctf_arc_symsect_endianness (ctfa, filedata->file_header.e_ident[EI_DATA]
+			      != ELFDATA2MSB);
+
   if (parentdata)
     {
       if ((parenta = ctf_arc_bufopen (&parentsect, symsectp, strsectp,