diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
index 4ca494778e..65f30632c3 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
@@ -1274,13 +1274,13 @@ static Module *__KernelLoadELFFromPtr(const u8 *ptr, size_t elfSize, u32 loadAdd
 		std::vector<SectionID> codeSections = reader.GetCodeSections();
 		for (SectionID id : codeSections) {
 			u32 start = reader.GetSectionAddr(id);
-			if (!Memory::IsValidAddress(start)) {
-				ERROR_LOG(LOADER, "Bad section addr %08x of section %d", start, id);
-				continue;
-			}
-
 			// Note: scan end is inclusive.
 			u32 end = start + reader.GetSectionSize(id) - 4;
+			u32 len = end + 4 - start;
+			if (!Memory::IsValidRange(start, len)) {
+				ERROR_LOG(LOADER, "Bad section %08x (len %08x) of section %d", start, len, id);
+				continue;
+			}
 
 			if (start < module->textStart)
 				module->textStart = start;