diff --git a/lib/libkldelf/ef_obj.c b/lib/libkldelf/ef_obj.c
--- a/lib/libkldelf/ef_obj.c
+++ b/lib/libkldelf/ef_obj.c
@@ -304,9 +304,13 @@
 	symtabindex = -1;
 	symstrindex = -1;
 	for (i = 0; i < nshdr; i++) {
+		if (shdr[i].sh_size == 0)
+			continue;
 		switch (shdr[i].sh_type) {
 		case SHT_PROGBITS:
 		case SHT_NOBITS:
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			ef->nprogtab++;
 			break;
 		case SHT_SYMTAB:
@@ -385,9 +389,13 @@
 	ra = 0;
 	mapbase = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < nshdr; i++) {
+		if (shdr[i].sh_size == 0)
+			continue;
 		switch (shdr[i].sh_type) {
 		case SHT_PROGBITS:
 		case SHT_NOBITS:
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			mapbase = roundup2(mapbase, shdr[i].sh_addralign);
 			ef->progtab[pb].addr = mapbase;
 			if (shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_PROGBITS) {