diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5a2fa0f..e3e37713 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ bzimage = []
 pe = []
 
 [dependencies]
-vm-memory = {version = ">=0.2.0", features = ["backend-mmap"]}
+vm-memory = ">=0.2.0"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+vm-memory = {features = ["backend-mmap"]}
diff --git a/coverage_config_x86_64.json b/coverage_config_x86_64.json
index 27f86931..898d1bf0 100644
--- a/coverage_config_x86_64.json
+++ b/coverage_config_x86_64.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "coverage_score": 74.7,
+  "coverage_score": 74.8,
   "exclude_path": "",
   "crate_features": ""
 }
diff --git a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/mod.rs b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/mod.rs
index 347e1c72..4b6de40b 100644
--- a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/mod.rs
+++ b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/mod.rs
@@ -236,10 +236,11 @@ impl KernelLoader for Elf {
                 .read_exact_from(mem_offset, kernel_image, phdr.p_filesz as usize)
                 .map_err(|_| Error::ReadKernelImage)?;
 
-            loader_result.kernel_end = mem_offset
+            let kernel_end = mem_offset
                 .raw_value()
                 .checked_add(phdr.p_memsz as GuestUsize)
                 .ok_or(KernelLoaderError::MemoryOverflow)?;
+            loader_result.kernel_end = std::cmp::max(loader_result.kernel_end, kernel_end);
         }
 
         // elf image has no setup_header which is defined for bzImage
@@ -249,6 +250,9 @@ impl KernelLoader for Elf {
     }
 }
 
+// Size of string "Xen", including the terminating NULL.
+const PVH_NOTE_STR_SZ: usize = 4;
+
 /// Examines a supplied elf program header of type `PT_NOTE` to determine if it contains an entry
 /// of type `XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY` (0x12). Notes of this type encode a physical 32-bit entry
 /// point address into the kernel, which is used when launching guests in 32-bit (protected) mode
@@ -281,11 +285,17 @@ where
             .read_from(0, kernel_image, nhdr_sz)
             .map_err(|_| Error::ReadNoteHeader)?;
 
-        // If the note header found is not the desired one, keep reading until the end of the
-        // segment.
-        if nhdr.n_type == XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY {
-            break;
+        // Check if the note header's name and type match the ones specified by the PVH ABI.
+        if nhdr.n_type == XEN_ELFNOTE_PHYS32_ENTRY && nhdr.n_namesz as usize == PVH_NOTE_STR_SZ {
+            let mut buf = [0u8; PVH_NOTE_STR_SZ];
+            kernel_image
+                .read_exact(&mut buf)
+                .map_err(|_| Error::ReadNoteHeader)?;
+            if buf == [b'X', b'e', b'n', b'\0'] {
+                break;
+            }
         }
+
         // Skip the note header plus the size of its fields (with alignment).
         read_size += nhdr_sz
             + align_up(u64::from(nhdr.n_namesz), n_align)
@@ -306,7 +316,7 @@ where
     // just skip the name field contents.
     kernel_image
         .seek(SeekFrom::Current(
-            align_up(u64::from(nhdr.n_namesz), n_align) as i64,
+            align_up(u64::from(nhdr.n_namesz), n_align) as i64 - PVH_NOTE_STR_SZ as i64,
         ))
         .map_err(|_| Error::SeekNoteHeader)?;
 
diff --git a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_badnote.bin b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_badnote.bin
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index cbe4cb59..99013dd5
Binary files a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_badnote.bin and b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_badnote.bin differ
diff --git a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_elfnote.bin b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_elfnote.bin
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 36efd2d3..e2fc7faa
Binary files a/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_elfnote.bin and b/src/loader/x86_64/elf/test_elfnote.bin differ