diff --git a/src/application/MipsElfMetadata.ts b/src/application/MipsElfMetadata.ts
index 76466ad481..cc4e3cc35f 100644
--- a/src/application/MipsElfMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/application/MipsElfMetadata.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ export const readMipsElfMetadata = async (
     fixedHeader.value.elfClass !== 32 ||
     fixedHeader.value.byteOrder !== metadata.byteOrder ||
     fixedHeader.value.machine !== 8 ||
-    u16(bytes, 16) !== metadata.type ||
-    u32(bytes, 36) !== metadata.flags
+    fixedHeader.value.type !== metadata.type ||
+    fixedHeader.value.flags !== metadata.flags
   )
     return err("MIPS ELF header no longer matches the resolved identity");
   if (fixedHeader.value.headerSize !== 52)
diff --git a/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts b/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
index 0edd4795ac..4a830e19d7 100644
--- a/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
+++ b/src/domain/binaryTarget.ts
@@ -390,22 +390,18 @@ const parseElf = (
 ): Result<ExecutableMetadata, string> => {
   const fixedHeader = readElfFixedHeader(bytes, fileSize);
   if (!fixedHeader.ok) return fixedHeader;
-  const { elfClass, byteOrder, architecture } = fixedHeader.value;
-  const little = byteOrder === "little";
+  const { elfClass, byteOrder, architecture, type, flags } = fixedHeader.value;
   if (architecture === null) return err("unsupported ELF architecture");
   if (
     architecture === "mips" ||
     architecture === "riscv" ||
     architecture === "powerpc"
   ) {
-    const flagsOffset = elfClass === 32 ? 36 : 48;
     const metadata: ElfFamilyMetadata = {
       elfClass,
-      byteOrder: little ? "little" : "big",
-      type: little ? bytes.readUInt16LE(16) : bytes.readUInt16BE(16),
-      flags: little
-        ? bytes.readUInt32LE(flagsOffset)
-        : bytes.readUInt32BE(flagsOffset),
+      byteOrder,
+      type,
+      flags,
     };
     if (architecture === "powerpc")
       return ok({
diff --git a/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.test.ts b/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.test.ts
index 9b1a303d02..154f62ecce 100644
--- a/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ it.each([
   "reads common fixed header commitments for %s",
   (_name, cls, data) => {
     const bytes = elf(cls, data, cls === 1 ? 3 : 62);
+    const flagsOffset = cls === 1 ? 36 : 48;
+    if (data === 1) {
+      bytes.writeUInt16LE(0xfe01, 16);
+      bytes.writeUInt32LE(0x89abcdef, flagsOffset);
+    } else {
+      bytes.writeUInt16BE(0xfe01, 16);
+      bytes.writeUInt32BE(0x89abcdef, flagsOffset);
+    }
     expect(readElfFixedHeader(bytes)).toEqual({
       ok: true,
       value: {
@@ -18,6 +26,8 @@ it.each([
         byteOrder: data === 1 ? "little" : "big",
         headerSize: cls === 1 ? 52 : 64,
         machine: cls === 1 ? 3 : 62,
+        type: 0xfe01,
+        flags: 0x89abcdef,
         osAbi: 0,
         architecture: cls === 1 ? "x86" : "x86_64",
       },
diff --git a/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.ts b/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.ts
index 7cfb1e6e13..1504fb93ce 100644
--- a/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.ts
+++ b/src/domain/elfFixedHeader.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ export interface ElfFixedHeader {
   readonly byteOrder: "little" | "big";
   readonly headerSize: number;
   readonly machine: number;
+  readonly type: number;
+  readonly flags: number;
   readonly osAbi: number;
   readonly architecture: ElfArchitecture | null;
 }
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ export const readElfFixedHeader = (
     byteOrder: littleEndian ? "little" : "big",
     headerSize,
     machine,
+    type: readU16(16),
+    flags: readU32(elfClass === 32 ? 36 : 48),
     osAbi: bytes[7]!,
     architecture: elfArchitecture(machine) ?? null,
   });
diff --git a/src/flutter/DartElf.ts b/src/flutter/DartElf.ts
index b334ffe73c..59759eaff2 100644
--- a/src/flutter/DartElf.ts
+++ b/src/flutter/DartElf.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export const readElfHeader = (
     return { failure: { reason: "unsupported ELF byte order" } };
   if (fixedHeader.value.headerSize !== headerBytes)
     return { failure: { reason: "unsupported ELF header size" } };
-  const e_type = reader.u16(0x10);
+  const e_type = fixedHeader.value.type;
   if (e_type !== 1 && e_type !== 2 && e_type !== ET_DYN)
     return { failure: { reason: "unsupported ELF type" } };
   const e_shoff = is64 ? reader.u64(0x28) : reader.u32(0x20);
diff --git a/src/native/elf/ElfNoteParser.ts b/src/native/elf/ElfNoteParser.ts
index 8d342e3621..e795c10fc2 100644
--- a/src/native/elf/ElfNoteParser.ts
+++ b/src/native/elf/ElfNoteParser.ts
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ export const parseElfNotes = (
     header.elfClass,
   );
   const wide = header.elfClass === 64;
-  const type = reader.u16(16);
+  const type = header.type;
   const phoff = reader.word(wide ? 32 : 28);
   const shoff = reader.word(wide ? 40 : 32);
   const phentsize = reader.u16(wide ? 54 : 42);