diff --git a/grub-core/kern/dl.c b/grub-core/kern/dl.c
index 0bf40caa6..37db9fab0 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/dl.c
+++ b/grub-core/kern/dl.c
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ grub_dl_load_segments (grub_dl_t mod, const Elf_Ehdr *e)
        i < e->e_shnum;
        i++, s = (const Elf_Shdr *)((const char *) s + e->e_shentsize))
     {
+      if (s->sh_size == 0 || !(s->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC))
+	continue;
+
       tsize = ALIGN_UP (tsize, s->sh_addralign) + s->sh_size;
       if (talign < s->sh_addralign)
 	talign = s->sh_addralign;