diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2a97ce5dac..74efb0e6e8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [24228] old x86 applications that use legacy libio crash on exit
   [24476] dlfcn: Guard __dlerror_main_freeres with __libc_once_get (once)
   [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
 
 Security related changes:
diff --git a/libio/oldstdfiles.c b/libio/oldstdfiles.c
index f3dda89004..9fe809bd68 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);
     }
 }