-staticlib is broken on GHC 8.4.3 on Linux under certain conditions

When compiling this simple program:

main = pure ()

Using the -staticlib flag on GHC 8.4.3 on Linux, it panics if using a certain toolchain:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty
$ /opt/ghc/8.4.3/bin/ghc -fforce-recomp -staticlib Bug.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Bug.hs, Bug.o )
Linking Bug.a ...
ghc: panic! (the 'impossible' happened)
  (GHC version 8.4.3 for x86_64-unknown-linux):
        Data.Binary.Get.runGet at position 27462987: Invalid archive header end marker
CallStack (from HasCallStack):
  error, called at libraries/binary/src/Data/Binary/Get.hs:351:5 in binary-0.8.5.1:Data.Binary.Get

I say "certain toolchain" since I am able to reproduce this issue on Ubuntu 14.04, but not 18.04:

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release:        18.04
Codename:       bionic
$ /opt/ghc/8.4.3/bin/ghc -fforce-recomp -staticlib Bug.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Bug.hs, Bug.o )
Linking Bug.a ...

This issue does not occur on GHC 8.2 and earlier:

$ /opt/ghc/8.2.2/bin/ghc -staticlib Bug.hs
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( Bug.hs, Bug.o )
Linking Bug.a ...
Static archive creation only supported on Darwin/OS X/iOS

Commit b8f33bc6 allowed the use of -staticlib on all platforms. angerman, do you know what might be happening here?