diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index c26545d71d39..cd6d5bbb4b9d 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_NO_DATA_START_OFFSET
 #define DATA_START_OFFSET_WORDS		(0)
+#define MAX_SHARED_LIBS_UPDATE		(0)
 #else
 #define DATA_START_OFFSET_WORDS		(MAX_SHARED_LIBS)
+#define MAX_SHARED_LIBS_UPDATE		(MAX_SHARED_LIBS)
 #endif
 
 struct lib_info {
@@ -880,7 +882,7 @@ static int load_flat_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm)
 		return res;
 
 	/* Update data segment pointers for all libraries */
-	for (i = 0; i < MAX_SHARED_LIBS; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_SHARED_LIBS_UPDATE; i++) {
 		if (!libinfo.lib_list[i].loaded)
 			continue;
 		for (j = 0; j < MAX_SHARED_LIBS; j++) {