diff --git a/stand/common/load_elf_obj.c b/stand/common/load_elf_obj.c
index 57df57a79c79..b58dde0dfbf8 100644
--- a/stand/common/load_elf_obj.c
+++ b/stand/common/load_elf_obj.c
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ __elfN(obj_loadimage)(struct preloaded_file *fp, elf_file_t ef, u_int64_t off)
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__amd64__)
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			lastaddr = roundup(lastaddr, shdr[i].sh_addralign);
 			shdr[i].sh_addr = (Elf_Addr)lastaddr;
 			lastaddr += shdr[i].sh_size;
diff --git a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
index 358f0e87dab1..9e6dbf732c3b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
+++ b/sys/kern/link_elf_obj.c
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ link_elf_link_preload(linker_class_t cls, const char *filename,
 #ifdef __amd64__
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			/* Ignore sections not loaded by the loader. */
+			if (shdr[i].sh_addr == 0)
+				break;
 			ef->nprogtab++;
 			break;
 		case SHT_SYMTAB:
@@ -335,6 +338,8 @@ link_elf_link_preload(linker_class_t cls, const char *filename,
 #ifdef __amd64__
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			if (shdr[i].sh_addr == 0)
+				break;
 			ef->progtab[pb].addr = (void *)shdr[i].sh_addr;
 			if (shdr[i].sh_type == SHT_PROGBITS)
 				ef->progtab[pb].name = "<<PROGBITS>>";
@@ -605,6 +610,8 @@ link_elf_load_file(linker_class_t cls, const char *filename,
 #ifdef __amd64__
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			ef->nprogtab++;
 			break;
 		case SHT_SYMTAB:
@@ -720,6 +727,8 @@ link_elf_load_file(linker_class_t cls, const char *filename,
 #ifdef __amd64__
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			alignmask = shdr[i].sh_addralign - 1;
 			mapsize += alignmask;
 			mapsize &= ~alignmask;
@@ -790,6 +799,8 @@ link_elf_load_file(linker_class_t cls, const char *filename,
 #ifdef __amd64__
 		case SHT_X86_64_UNWIND:
 #endif
+			if ((shdr[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0)
+				break;
 			alignmask = shdr[i].sh_addralign - 1;
 			mapbase += alignmask;
 			mapbase &= ~alignmask;