diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
index 70abbaf6e1..af2fc44d00 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ const char *QElfParser::parseSectionHeader(const char *data, ElfSectionHeader *s
          + sizeof(qelfaddr_t);  // sh_addr
     sh->offset = read<qelfoff_t>(data);
     data += sizeof(qelfoff_t);  // sh_offset
-    sh->size = read<qelfword_t>(data);
-    data += sizeof(qelfword_t); // sh_size
+    sh->size = read<qelfoff_t>(data);
+    data += sizeof(qelfoff_t);  // sh_size
     return data;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.h b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.h
index afd8112138..4ae0ed14db 100644
--- a/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.h
+++ b/src/corelib/plugin/qelfparser_p.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
         qelfword_t name;
         qelfword_t type;
         qelfoff_t  offset;
-        qelfword_t size;
+        qelfoff_t  size;
     };
 
     int m_endian;