diff -up file-4.23/src/readelf.c.tryelf file-4.23/src/readelf.c
--- file-4.23/src/readelf.c.tryelf	2008-01-31 08:05:27.000000000 +0100
+++ file-4.23/src/readelf.c	2008-01-31 08:04:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -983,7 +983,6 @@ file_tryelf(struct magic_set *ms, int fd
 			break;
 #endif
 		case ET_EXEC:
-		case ET_DYN:
 			if (dophn_exec(ms, class, swap,
 			    fd, (off_t)getu32(swap, elfhdr.e_phoff),
 			    getu16(swap, elfhdr.e_phnum), 
@@ -991,6 +990,8 @@ file_tryelf(struct magic_set *ms, int fd
 			    fsize, &flags, getu16(swap, elfhdr.e_shnum))
 				== -1)
 				return -1;
+		case ET_DYN:
+		default:
 			if (doshn(ms, class, swap, fd,
 			    (off_t)getu32(swap, elfhdr.e_shoff),
 			    getu16(swap, elfhdr.e_shnum),
@@ -998,9 +999,6 @@ file_tryelf(struct magic_set *ms, int fd
 			    &flags) == -1)
 				return -1;
 			break;
-
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
 		return 1;
 	}