diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 03c49fe5c4..dcdfa74a99 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [24228] old x86 applications that use legacy libio crash on exit
   [24531] Malloc tunables give tcache assertion failures
   [24744] io: Remove the copy_file_range emulation
+  [25203] libio: Disable vtable validation for pre-2.1 interposed handles
   [25204] Ignore LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC for SUID programs
 
 
diff --git a/libio/oldstdfiles.c b/libio/oldstdfiles.c
index 92d0f4a0d3..d6cbc9ffb7 100644
--- a/libio/oldstdfiles.c
+++ b/libio/oldstdfiles.c
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ _IO_check_libio (void)
 	stdout->_vtable_offset = stderr->_vtable_offset =
 	((int) sizeof (struct _IO_FILE)
 	 - (int) sizeof (struct _IO_FILE_complete));
+
+      if (_IO_stdin_.vtable != &_IO_old_file_jumps
+	  || _IO_stdout_.vtable != &_IO_old_file_jumps
+	  || _IO_stderr_.vtable != &_IO_old_file_jumps)
+	IO_set_accept_foreign_vtables (&_IO_vtable_check);
     }
 }