diff --git a/src/iss/arch/riscv_hart_common.h b/src/iss/arch/riscv_hart_common.h
index 079e320..db5db7a 100644
--- a/src/iss/arch/riscv_hart_common.h
+++ b/src/iss/arch/riscv_hart_common.h
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ struct riscv_hart_common {
                 const auto fsize = pseg->get_file_size(); // 0x42c/0x0
                 const auto seg_data = pseg->get_data();
                 const auto type = pseg->get_type();
-                if(type == 1 && fsize > 0) {
+                if(type == ELFIO::PT_LOAD  && fsize > 0) {
                     auto res = cb(pseg->get_physical_address(), fsize, reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t* const>(seg_data));
                     if(res != iss::Ok)
                         CPPLOG(ERR) << "problem writing " << fsize << "bytes to 0x" << std::hex << pseg->get_physical_address();