diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4b9e1c695..fde656aef 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Qt: Fix crash unloading shaders
  - Qt: Fix toggled actions on gamepads (fixes mgba.io/i/1650)
  - Qt: Fix extraneous dialog (fixes mgba.io/i/1654)
+ - Util: Fix crash reading invalid ELFs
 Misc:
  - Qt: Renderer can be changed while a game is running
 
diff --git a/src/util/elf-read.c b/src/util/elf-read.c
index 8ac38774d..520c01ca3 100644
--- a/src/util/elf-read.c
+++ b/src/util/elf-read.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ void ELFGetProgramHeaders(struct ELF* elf, struct ELFProgramHeaders* ph) {
 	ELFProgramHeadersClear(ph);
 	Elf32_Ehdr* hdr = elf32_getehdr(elf->e);
 	Elf32_Phdr* phdr = elf32_getphdr(elf->e);
+	if (!hdr || !phdr) {
+		return;
+	}
 	ELFProgramHeadersResize(ph, hdr->e_phnum);
 	memcpy(ELFProgramHeadersGetPointer(ph, 0), phdr, sizeof(*phdr) * hdr->e_phnum);
 }