diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
index 61ee0eec4e69..212074653df7 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/module.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ int module_finalize(const Elf_Ehdr *hdr,
 	 * ourselves */
 	for (i = 1; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
 		if(sechdrs[i].sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB
-		   && (sechdrs[i].sh_type & SHF_ALLOC)) {
+		   && (sechdrs[i].sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
 			int strindex = sechdrs[i].sh_link;
 			/* FIXME: AWFUL HACK
 			 * The cast is to drop the const from