diff --git a/dat.h b/dat.h
index 0f39f2e..f984225 100644
--- a/dat.h
+++ b/dat.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #define USED(x) if(x){}else{}
 #define nelem(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof((x)[0]))
 
-extern char *machines[];
+extern char *machinestr[];
 
 #define EI_NIDENT 16
 
diff --git a/print.c b/print.c
index 69249d3..582f9b2 100644
--- a/print.c
+++ b/print.c
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ printelf32ehdr(Elf32_Ehdr *e, Fhdr *fp)
 		e->ident[0], e->ident[1], e->ident[2], e->ident[3], e->ident[4], e->ident[5], e->ident[6], e->ident[7],
 		e->ident[8], e->ident[9], e->ident[10], e->ident[11], e->ident[12], e->ident[13], e->ident[14], e->ident[15]);
 	printf("type %u\n", e->type);
-	if (machines[e->machine] != NULL)
-		printf("machine %s (0x%.4x)\n", machines[e->machine], e->machine);
-	else
-		printf("machine 0x%.4x\n", e->machine);
+	printf("machine %s (0x%.4x)\n", elfmachine(e->machine), e->machine);
 	printf("version %u\n", e->version);
 	printf("entry 0x%.8x\n", e->entry);
 	printf("phoff %u\n", e->phoff);
@@ -40,10 +37,7 @@ printelf64ehdr(Elf64_Ehdr *e, Fhdr *fp)
 		e->ident[0], e->ident[1], e->ident[2], e->ident[3], e->ident[4], e->ident[5], e->ident[6], e->ident[7],
 		e->ident[8], e->ident[9], e->ident[10], e->ident[11], e->ident[12], e->ident[13], e->ident[14], e->ident[15]);
 	printf("type %u\n", e->type);
-	if (machines[e->machine] != NULL)
-		printf("machine %s (0x%.4x)\n", machines[e->machine], e->machine);
-	else
-		printf("machine 0x%.4x\n", e->machine);
+	printf("machine %s (0x%.4x)\n", elfmachine(e->machine), e->machine);
 	printf("version %u\n", e->version);
 	printf("entry 0x%.16" PRIx64 "\n", e->entry);
 	printf("phoff %" PRIu64 "\n", e->phoff);
diff --git a/str.c b/str.c
index 19f3760..f27edf4 100644
--- a/str.c
+++ b/str.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "dat.h"
 
-char *machines[] = {
+char *machinestr[] = {
 	[EM_NONE] = "No machine",
 	[EM_M32] = "AT&T WE 32100",
 	[EM_SPARC] = "SPARC",
@@ -186,3 +186,12 @@ char *machines[] = {
 	[EM_AMDGPU] = "AMD GPU architecture",
 	[EM_RISCV] = "RISC-V"
 };
+
+char*
+elfmachine(uint16_t machine)
+{
+        if(machine < nelem(machinestr) && machinestr[machine])
+                return machinestr[machine];
+
+        return "Unknown machine";
+}