diff --git a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
index 8190b2800aeb..fbc358d6129d 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pmcstat/pmcstat_log.c
@@ -716,7 +716,8 @@ pmcstat_image_get_elf_params(struct pmcstat_image *image)
 				        ph.p_offset);
 				break;
 			case PT_LOAD:
-				if ((ph.p_offset & (-ph.p_align)) == 0)
+				if ((ph.p_flags & PF_X) != 0 &&
+				    (ph.p_offset & (-ph.p_align)) == 0)
 					image->pi_vaddr = ph.p_vaddr & (-ph.p_align);
 				break;
 			}