diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
index 163478980961..fcd77c74ab2f 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -1306,10 +1306,7 @@ error_code ELFObjectFile<target_endianness, is64Bits>
   const Elf_Shdr *sec = reinterpret_cast<const Elf_Shdr *>(Sec.p);
   // For ELF, all zero-init sections are virtual (that is, they occupy no space
   //   in the object image) and vice versa.
-  if (sec->sh_flags & ELF::SHT_NOBITS)
-    Result = true;
-  else
-    Result = false;
+  Result = sec->sh_type == ELF::SHT_NOBITS;
   return object_error::success;
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Object/readobj-shared-object.test b/llvm/test/Object/readobj-shared-object.test
index c1dd15b1f998..3065c6f63655 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Object/readobj-shared-object.test
+++ b/llvm/test/Object/readobj-shared-object.test
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ ELF:  .tdata                      {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  d
 ELF:  .dynamic                    {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  required
 ELF:  .got.plt                    {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  data,required
 ELF:  .data                       {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  data,required
-ELF:  .bss                        {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[a-z,]*}}
+ELF:  .bss                        {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  bss,required,virtual,zeroinit
 ELF:  .shstrtab                   {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  rodata
 ELF:  .symtab                     {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  rodata
 ELF:  .strtab                     {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  {{[0-9a-f]+}}  rodata