diff --git a/src/elf.c b/src/elf.c
index 2a158e8..2a62bf4 100644
--- a/src/elf.c
+++ b/src/elf.c
@@ -141,14 +141,15 @@ static int elf_sym_iter_new(struct elf_sym_iter *iter,
 	iter->versyms = elf_getdata(scn, 0);
 
 	scn = elf_find_next_scn_by_type(elf, SHT_GNU_verdef, NULL);
-	if (!scn) {
-		pr_debug("elf: failed to find verdef ELF sections in '%s'\n", binary_path);
-		return -ENOENT;
-	}
-	if (!gelf_getshdr(scn, &sh))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	iter->verdef_strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
+	if (!scn)
+		return 0;
+
 	iter->verdefs = elf_getdata(scn, 0);
+	if (!iter->verdefs || !gelf_getshdr(scn, &sh)) {
+		pr_warn("elf: failed to get verdef ELF section in '%s'\n", binary_path);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	iter->verdef_strtabidx = sh.sh_link;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -199,6 +200,9 @@ static const char *elf_get_vername(struct elf_sym_iter *iter, int ver)
 	GElf_Verdef verdef;
 	int offset;
 
+	if (!iter->verdefs)
+		return NULL;
+
 	offset = 0;
 	while (gelf_getverdef(iter->verdefs, offset, &verdef)) {
 		if (verdef.vd_ndx != ver) {