diff --git a/src/elf.rs b/src/elf.rs
index 7610c3734..b1f8a3517 100644
--- a/src/elf.rs
+++ b/src/elf.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ impl<C: ContextObject> Executable<C> {
             aligned = AlignedMemory::<{ HOST_ALIGN }>::from_slice(bytes);
             aligned.as_slice()
         };
-        let elf = Elf64::parse(bytes)?;
+        let mut elf = Elf64::parse(bytes)?;
         let enabled_sbpf_versions = loader.get_config().enabled_sbpf_versions.clone();
         let sbpf_version = if *enabled_sbpf_versions.end() == SBPFVersion::V1 {
             // Emulates a bug in the version dispatcher until we enable the first other version
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ impl<C: ContextObject> Executable<C> {
             return Err(ElfError::UnsupportedSBPFVersion);
         }
         if sbpf_version == SBPFVersion::V1 {
+            elf.parse_sections()?;
+            elf.parse_dynamic()?;
             Self::load_with_lenient_parser(&elf, bytes, loader)
         } else {
             Self::load_with_strict_parser(&elf, bytes, loader).map_err(|err| err.into())
diff --git a/src/elf_parser/mod.rs b/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
index 385a551ae..214997013 100644
--- a/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/elf_parser/mod.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ impl<'a> Elf64<'a> {
             })
             .transpose()?;
 
-        let mut parser = Self {
+        let parser = Self {
             elf_bytes,
             file_header,
             program_header_table,
@@ -260,9 +260,6 @@ impl<'a> Elf64<'a> {
             dynamic_symbol_names_section_header: None,
         };
 
-        parser.parse_sections()?;
-        parser.parse_dynamic()?;
-
         Ok(parser)
     }
 
@@ -291,7 +288,8 @@ impl<'a> Elf64<'a> {
         self.dynamic_relocations_table
     }
 
-    fn parse_sections(&mut self) -> Result<(), ElfParserError> {
+    /// Parses the section header table.
+    pub fn parse_sections(&mut self) -> Result<(), ElfParserError> {
         macro_rules! section_header_by_name {
             ($self:expr, $section_header:expr, $section_name:expr,
              $($name:literal => $field:ident,)*) => {
@@ -326,7 +324,8 @@ impl<'a> Elf64<'a> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    fn parse_dynamic(&mut self) -> Result<(), ElfParserError> {
+    /// Parses the dynamic section.
+    pub fn parse_dynamic(&mut self) -> Result<(), ElfParserError> {
         let mut dynamic_table: Option<&[Elf64Dyn]> = None;
 
         // try to parse PT_DYNAMIC