diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index a8109f7ed9bedfcc5db34863c05fa47a588fa9c1..796df42c000d902dd31bb5a4e8fdb8c1826884a0 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ fn expandStackSize(phdrs: []elf.Phdr) void {
     for (phdrs) |*phdr| {
         switch (phdr.p_type) {
             elf.PT_GNU_STACK => {
+                if (phdr.p_memsz == 0) break;
                 assert(phdr.p_memsz % std.mem.page_size == 0);
 
                 // Silently fail if we are unable to get limits.