diff --git a/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp b/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
index c51ddc8..983de1a 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
                          raw_ostream &OS_)
   : Context(Context_), Backend(Backend_), Emitter(Emitter_), Writer(Writer_),
     OS(OS_), BundleAlignSize(0), RelaxAll(false), NoExecStack(false),
-    SubsectionsViaSymbols(false) {
+    SubsectionsViaSymbols(false), ELFHeaderEFlags(0) {
 }
 
 MCAssembler::~MCAssembler() {
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@
   RelaxAll = false;
   NoExecStack = false;
   SubsectionsViaSymbols = false;
+  ELFHeaderEFlags = 0;
 
   // reset objects owned by us
   getBackend().reset();