diff --git a/src/libs/utils/elfreader.cpp b/src/libs/utils/elfreader.cpp
index 135e9f9b540..cff55f0c4ad 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/elfreader.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/elfreader.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void parseSectionHeader(const uchar *s, ElfSectionHeader *sh, const ElfDa
 {
     sh->index = getWord(s, context);
     sh->type = getWord(s, context);
-    sh->flags = getWord(s, context);
+    sh->flags = getOffset(s, context);
     sh->addr = getAddress(s, context);
     sh->offset = getOffset(s, context);
     sh->size = getOffset(s, context);