diff --git a/src/link/Elf2.zig b/src/link/Elf2.zig
index 3a6f9771d698386d963081992fef46f354b6d2ef..b781fe4bc1c070be7d775bf6da3737457cd8d0f1 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf2.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf2.zig
@@ -5669,7 +5669,7 @@ pub fn idle(elf: *Elf, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id) !bool {
             };
             break :task;
         }
-        if (elf.changed_symtab_index.pop()) |kv| {
+        while (elf.changed_symtab_index.pop()) |kv| {
             // We only need to do work in relocatables, because in ELF modules (non-relocatables)
             // our `ElfN.Rela` entries use `.dynsym` indices rather than `.symtab` indices, and
             // `.dynsym` indices are (at the time of writing) always immutable.