diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibELF/Validation.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibELF/Validation.cpp
index 8d3f1e23ec..3dfef40997 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibELF/Validation.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibELF/Validation.cpp
@@ -236,16 +236,16 @@ bool validate_program_headers(const ElfW(Ehdr) & elf_header, size_t file_size, c
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (program_header.p_type == PT_LOAD && program_header.p_align % (size_t)PAGE_SIZE != 0) {
-            if (elf_header.e_type != ET_CORE) {
+        if (elf_header.e_type != ET_CORE) {
+            if (program_header.p_type == PT_LOAD && program_header.p_align % (size_t)PAGE_SIZE != 0) {
                 if (verbose)
                     dbgln("Program header ({}) with p_type PT_LOAD has p_align ({}) not divisible by page size ({})", header_index, program_header.p_align, PAGE_SIZE);
                 return false;
             }
         }
 
-        if (program_header.p_type == PT_LOAD && program_header.p_vaddr % program_header.p_align != program_header.p_offset % program_header.p_align) {
-            if (elf_header.e_type != ET_CORE) {
+        if (elf_header.e_type != ET_CORE) {
+            if (program_header.p_type == PT_LOAD && program_header.p_vaddr % program_header.p_align != program_header.p_offset % program_header.p_align) {
                 if (verbose)
                     dbgln("Program header ({}) with p_type PT_LOAD has mis-aligned p_vaddr ({:x})", header_index, program_header.p_vaddr);
                 return false;