diff --git a/linux-user/flatload.c b/linux-user/flatload.c
index e4c2f89a22..e99570ca18 100644
--- a/linux-user/flatload.c
+++ b/linux-user/flatload.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ int load_flt_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct image_info *info)
 
     /* Stash our initial stack pointer into the mm structure */
     info->start_code = libinfo[0].start_code;
-    info->end_code = libinfo[0].start_code = libinfo[0].text_len;
+    info->end_code = libinfo[0].start_code + libinfo[0].text_len;
     info->start_data = libinfo[0].start_data;
     info->end_data = libinfo[0].end_data;
     info->start_brk = libinfo[0].start_brk;