diff --git a/coregrind/m_ume/elf.c b/coregrind/m_ume/elf.c
index 678d16f..4ab8712 100644
--- a/coregrind/m_ume/elf.c
+++ b/coregrind/m_ume/elf.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
             ESZ(Phdr) *iph = &interp->p[j];
             ESZ(Addr) end;
 
-            if (iph->p_type != PT_LOAD)
+            if (iph->p_type != PT_LOAD || iph->p_memsz == 0)
                continue;
             
             if (!baseaddr_set) {