diff --git a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
index 4372de8760..024afbe7e5 100644
--- a/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
+++ b/src/soc/amd/common/block/cpu/noncar/memlayout_x86.ld
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 	 * .text and .reset breaks the integrity, as .bss or .data might get modified.
 	 *
 	 * Enable ENV_SEPARATE_DATA_AND_BSS for AMD's bootblock and mark as
-	 * data_segment to place it in the second PT_LOAD area. AMDCOMPRESS will ignore
-	 * the second PT_LOAD area and discard it.
+	 * data_segment to place it in the second PT_LOAD area. The second PT_LOAD area
+	 * must be removed using objcopy since AMDCOMPRESS doesn't support multiple
+	 * PT_LOAD segments.
 	 */
 	. = BOOTBLOCK_ADDR & ~(16 - 1);
 	.data . : {
diff --git a/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c b/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
index 76089ea340..9b778cbc07 100644
--- a/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
+++ b/util/cbfstool/amdcompress.c
@@ -75,12 +75,28 @@ static int do_file(char *name, size_t *size, int oflag)
 }
 
 static int parse_elf_to_xip_ram(const struct buffer *input,
-					struct buffer *output)
+				struct buffer *output)
 {
 	struct parsed_elf pelf;
+	const Elf64_Phdr *phdr;
 
 	if (parse_elf(input, &pelf, ELF_PARSE_ALL))
 		return 1;
+
+	/* Validate ELF. Expect only on PT_LOAD program header at index 0. */
+	for (int i = 0; i < pelf.ehdr.e_phnum; i++) {
+		phdr = &pelf.phdr[i];
+		/* Expect PT_LOAD on first entry */
+		if (i == 0 && (phdr->p_type != PT_LOAD || !phdr->p_memsz)) {
+			printf("\tProgram header #0 is invalid.\n");
+		}
+		/* Expect not to find more PT_LOAD program headers */
+		if (i > 0 && phdr->p_type == PT_LOAD && phdr->p_memsz) {
+			printf("\tMultiple program headers found, but only one is supported!\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (buffer_create(output, pelf.phdr->p_filesz, "") != 0)
 		return 1;