diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho_combine_dwarf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho_combine_dwarf.go
index dd2ab4c5b0..3c123a092f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho_combine_dwarf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho_combine_dwarf.go
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ func machoUpdateDwarfHeader(r *loadCmdReader, buildmode BuildMode, compressedSec
 	segv := reflect.ValueOf(seg).Elem()
 	segv.FieldByName("Offset").SetUint(uint64(dwarfstart))
 	segv.FieldByName("Addr").SetUint(uint64(dwarfaddr))
+	segv.FieldByName("Prot").SetUint(0)
 
 	if compressedSects != nil {
 		var segSize uint64