diff --git a/contrib/devtools/security-check.py b/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
index c9516ef83..47195f73c 100755
--- a/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
+++ b/contrib/devtools/security-check.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def check_ELF_RELRO(executable):
         raise IOError('Error opening file')
     for line in stdout.splitlines():
         tokens = line.split()
-        if len(tokens)>1 and tokens[1] == '(BIND_NOW)' or (len(tokens)>2 and tokens[1] == '(FLAGS)' and 'BIND_NOW' in tokens[2]):
+        if len(tokens)>1 and tokens[1] == '(BIND_NOW)' or (len(tokens)>2 and tokens[1] == '(FLAGS)' and 'BIND_NOW' in tokens[2:]):
             have_bindnow = True
     return have_gnu_relro and have_bindnow