diff --git a/lib/elf.c b/lib/elf.c
index 28ec87b8e48..e767a42a3b3 100644
--- a/lib/elf.c
+++ b/lib/elf.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ unsigned long load_elf64_image_phdr(unsigned long addr)
 	phdr = (Elf64_Phdr *)(addr + (ulong)ehdr->e_phoff);
 
 	/* Load each program header */
-	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i, ++phdr) {
 		void *dst = (void *)(ulong)phdr->p_paddr;
 		void *src = (void *)addr + phdr->p_offset;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ unsigned long load_elf64_image_phdr(unsigned long addr)
 			       phdr->p_memsz - phdr->p_filesz);
 		flush_cache(rounddown((unsigned long)dst, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN),
 			    roundup(phdr->p_memsz, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN));
-		++phdr;
 	}
 
 	if (ehdr->e_machine == EM_PPC64 && (ehdr->e_flags &
@@ -205,7 +204,7 @@ unsigned long load_elf_image_phdr(unsigned long addr)
 	phdr = (Elf32_Phdr *)(addr + ehdr->e_phoff);
 
 	/* Load each program header */
-	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i) {
+	for (i = 0; i < ehdr->e_phnum; ++i, ++phdr) {
 		void *dst = (void *)(uintptr_t)phdr->p_paddr;
 		void *src = (void *)addr + phdr->p_offset;
 
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ unsigned long load_elf_image_phdr(unsigned long addr)
 			       phdr->p_memsz - phdr->p_filesz);
 		flush_cache(rounddown((unsigned long)dst, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN),
 			    roundup(phdr->p_memsz, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN));
-		++phdr;
 	}
 
 	return ehdr->e_entry;