diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 870fb04c388..3b42753ddae 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ in
         # and that can fail to load.  Therefore we upgrade `ld` to use newer libc;
         # apparently the interpreter needs to match libc, too.
         bintools = self.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
-          inherit (prevStage.bintools.bintools) name;
+          pname = prevStage.bintools.bintools.pname + "-patchelfed-ld";
+          inherit (prevStage.bintools.bintools) version;
           enableParallelBuilding = true;
           dontUnpack = true;
           dontBuild = true;