diff --git a/public/libbacktrace/elf.cpp b/public/libbacktrace/elf.cpp
index 3ed34c70c..321146b74 100644
--- a/public/libbacktrace/elf.cpp
+++ b/public/libbacktrace/elf.cpp
@@ -6860,7 +6860,8 @@ elf_add (struct backtrace_state *state, const char *filename, int descriptor,
 	    }
 	}
 
-      if (!gnu_debugdata_view_valid
+      if (!debuginfo
+	  && !gnu_debugdata_view_valid
 	  && strcmp (name, ".gnu_debugdata") == 0)
 	{
 	  if (!elf_get_view (state, descriptor, memory, memory_size,