diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/appdomain.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/appdomain.c
index 88686b60828117..6fbc8c99807e52 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/appdomain.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/appdomain.c
@@ -2821,7 +2821,7 @@ mono_alc_load_raw_bytes (MonoAssemblyLoadContext *alc, guint8 *assembly_data, gu
 {
 	MonoAssembly *ass = NULL;
 	MonoImageOpenStatus status;
-	MonoImage *image = mono_image_open_from_data_internal (alc, (char*)assembly_data, raw_assembly_len, FALSE, NULL, refonly, FALSE, NULL, NULL);
+	MonoImage *image = mono_image_open_from_data_internal (alc, (char*)assembly_data, raw_assembly_len, TRUE, NULL, refonly, FALSE, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (!image) {
 		mono_error_set_bad_image_by_name (error, "In memory assembly", "0x%p", assembly_data);