diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
@@ -2666,32 +2666,15 @@
 }
 
 Error IHexWriter::finalize() {
-  bool UseSegments = false;
-  auto ShouldWrite = [](const SectionBase &Sec) {
-    return (Sec.Flags & ELF::SHF_ALLOC) && Sec.Type != ELF::SHT_NOBITS &&
-           Sec.Size > 0;
-  };
-  auto IsInPtLoad = [](const SectionBase &Sec) {
-    return Sec.ParentSegment && Sec.ParentSegment->Type == ELF::PT_LOAD;
-  };
-
   // We can't write 64-bit addresses.
   if (addressOverflows32bit(Obj.Entry))
     return createStringError(errc::invalid_argument,
                              "Entry point address 0x%llx overflows 32 bits",
                              Obj.Entry);
 
-  // If any section we're to write has segment then we
-  // switch to using physical addresses. Otherwise we
-  // use section virtual address.
   for (const SectionBase &Sec : Obj.sections())
-    if (ShouldWrite(Sec) && IsInPtLoad(Sec)) {
-      UseSegments = true;
-      break;
-    }
-
-  for (const SectionBase &Sec : Obj.sections())
-    if (ShouldWrite(Sec) && (!UseSegments || IsInPtLoad(Sec))) {
+    if ((Sec.Flags & ELF::SHF_ALLOC) && Sec.Type != ELF::SHT_NOBITS &&
+        Sec.Size > 0) {
       if (Error E = checkSection(Sec))
         return E;
       Sections.insert(&Sec);