Index: head/contrib/elftoolchain/libelf/gelf_mips64el.c
===================================================================
--- head/contrib/elftoolchain/libelf/gelf_mips64el.c
+++ head/contrib/elftoolchain/libelf/gelf_mips64el.c
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
 _libelf_is_mips64el(Elf *e)
 {
 
-	return (e->e_kind == ELF_K_ELF && e->e_byteorder == ELFDATA2LSB &&
-	    e->e_u.e_elf.e_ehdr.e_ehdr64->e_machine == EM_MIPS);
+	return (e->e_kind == ELF_K_ELF &&
+	    e->e_u.e_elf.e_ehdr.e_ehdr64->e_machine == EM_MIPS &&
+	    e->e_u.e_elf.e_ehdr.e_ehdr64->e_ident[EI_DATA] == ELFDATA2LSB);
 }
 
 /*