diff --git a/libc/bionic/pthread_internal.h b/libc/bionic/pthread_internal.h
index 5a5318d..2ebd2b4 100644
--- a/libc/bionic/pthread_internal.h
+++ b/libc/bionic/pthread_internal.h
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
    * The dynamic linker implements dlerror(3), which makes it hard for us to implement this
    * per-thread buffer by simply using malloc(3) and free(3).
    */
+  char* current_dlerror;
 #define __BIONIC_DLERROR_BUFFER_SIZE 512
   char dlerror_buffer[__BIONIC_DLERROR_BUFFER_SIZE];
 
diff --git a/libc/private/bionic_tls.h b/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
index 80dc9bc..36e3d7b 100644
--- a/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
+++ b/libc/private/bionic_tls.h
@@ -64,14 +64,15 @@
   TLS_SLOT_OPENGL = 4,
 
   TLS_SLOT_STACK_GUARD = 5, // GCC requires this specific slot for x86.
-  TLS_SLOT_DLERROR,
+
+  // TLS slot 6 was used for dlerror but is now free.
 
   // Fast storage for Thread::Current() in ART.
-  TLS_SLOT_ART_THREAD_SELF,
+  TLS_SLOT_ART_THREAD_SELF = 7,
 
   // Lets TSAN avoid using pthread_getspecific for finding the current thread
   // state.
-  TLS_SLOT_TSAN,
+  TLS_SLOT_TSAN = 8,
 
   BIONIC_TLS_SLOTS // Must come last!
 };
diff --git a/linker/dlfcn.cpp b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
index 5ae7b9b..5a47272 100644
--- a/linker/dlfcn.cpp
+++ b/linker/dlfcn.cpp
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@
 static pthread_mutex_t g_dl_mutex = PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
 
 static char* __bionic_set_dlerror(char* new_value) {
-  char** dlerror_slot = &reinterpret_cast<char**>(__get_tls())[TLS_SLOT_DLERROR];
+  char* old_value = __get_thread()->current_dlerror;
+  __get_thread()->current_dlerror = new_value;
 
-  char* old_value = *dlerror_slot;
-  *dlerror_slot = new_value;
   if (new_value != nullptr) LD_LOG(kLogErrors, "dlerror set to \"%s\"", new_value);
   return old_value;
 }