diff --git a/lib/libpmcstat/libpmcstat_image.c b/lib/libpmcstat/libpmcstat_image.c
index 9ee7097e95ec..6131c2a3ff00 100644
--- a/lib/libpmcstat/libpmcstat_image.c
+++ b/lib/libpmcstat/libpmcstat_image.c
@@ -415,8 +415,7 @@ pmcstat_image_get_elf_params(struct pmcstat_image *image,
 				        ph.p_offset);
 				break;
 			case PT_LOAD:
-				if ((ph.p_flags & PF_X) != 0 &&
-				    (ph.p_offset & (-ph.p_align)) == 0)
+				if (image->pi_vaddr == 0)
 					image->pi_vaddr = ph.p_vaddr & (-ph.p_align);
 				break;
 			}