diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index 453d5c45..80bf4be3 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -5042,7 +5042,7 @@ PackLinuxElf32::check_pt_dynamic(Elf32_Phdr const *const phdr)
     unsigned vaddr = get_te32(&phdr->p_vaddr);
     unsigned filesz = get_te32(&phdr->p_filesz), memsz = get_te32(&phdr->p_memsz);
     unsigned align = get_te32(&phdr->p_align);
-    if (s < t || (u32_t)file_size < s
+    if (s < t || (u32_t)file_size < s || t < sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr)
     ||  (3 & t) || (7 & (filesz | memsz))  // .balign 4; 8==sizeof(Elf32_Dyn)
     ||  (-1+ align) & (t ^ vaddr)
     ||  (unsigned long)file_size <= memsz
@@ -5144,7 +5144,7 @@ PackLinuxElf64::check_pt_dynamic(Elf64_Phdr const *const phdr)
     upx_uint64_t vaddr = get_te64(&phdr->p_vaddr);
     upx_uint64_t filesz = get_te64(&phdr->p_filesz), memsz = get_te64(&phdr->p_memsz);
     upx_uint64_t align = get_te64(&phdr->p_align);
-    if (s < t || (upx_uint64_t)file_size < s
+    if (s < t || (upx_uint64_t)file_size < s || t < sizeof(Elf64_Ehdr)
     ||  (7 & t) || (0xf & (filesz | memsz))  // .balign 8; 16==sizeof(Elf64_Dyn)
     ||  (-1+ align) & (t ^ vaddr)
     ||  (unsigned long)file_size <= memsz