diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/coff/CoffSectionHeader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/coff/CoffSectionHeader.java
index 2362bb862f..243f4153d1 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/coff/CoffSectionHeader.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/bin/format/coff/CoffSectionHeader.java
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ public class CoffSectionHeader implements StructConverter {
 	public static Address getAddress(Language language, long offset, CoffSectionHeader section) {
 		boolean isData = section == null || section.isData();
 		AddressSpace space = isData ? language.getDefaultDataSpace() : language.getDefaultSpace();
+		if (offset > space.getMaxAddress().getAddressableWordOffset()) {
+			// offset too big to fit, try the opposite space, so at least the blocks will load
+			space = !isData ? language.getDefaultDataSpace() : language.getDefaultSpace();
+		}
 		return space.getAddress(offset * getOffsetUnitSize(language, section));
 	}
 
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/CoffLoader.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/CoffLoader.java
index 98c01c0c43..f216d13284 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/CoffLoader.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/util/opinion/CoffLoader.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class CoffLoader extends AbstractLibrarySupportLoader {
 			List<QueryResult> results =
 				QueryOpinionService.query(getName(), header.getMachineName(), secondary);
 			for (QueryResult result : results) {
-				loadSpecs.add(new LoadSpec(this, header.getImageBase(true), result));
+				loadSpecs.add(new LoadSpec(this, header.getImageBase(isMicrosoftFormat()), result));
 			}
 			if (loadSpecs.isEmpty()) {
 				loadSpecs.add(new LoadSpec(this, header.getImageBase(false), true));