diff --git a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
index afb0f3ac71..ac7e7294b9 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/cbfs-payload-linux.c
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ int parse_bzImage_to_payload(const struct buffer *input,
 	}
 
 	unsigned long kernel_base = 0x100000;
-	if ((hdr->protocol_version >= 0x200) && (!hdr->loadflags & 1)) {
+	if ((hdr->protocol_version >= 0x200) && (!hdr->loadflags)) {
 		kernel_base = 0x1000; /* zImage kernel */
 	}
 	/* kernel prefers an address, so listen */