diff --git a/generate-squashfs b/generate-squashfs
index 41f369d..4a9ae67 100755
--- a/generate-squashfs
+++ b/generate-squashfs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 # https://github.com/open-power/hostboot/blob/master/src/usr/pnor/ffs.h
 let ffs_entry_size=128
 let vercheck_offset=112
-let miscflags_offset=113
 outfile=""
 declare -a partitions=()
 tocfile="pnor.toc"
@@ -66,8 +65,6 @@
 
 echo "Parsing PNOR TOC..."
 
-# Needed to get the READONLY and PRESERVED flags
-# TODO: Get READONLY and PRESERVED flags from pflash instead.
 pflash --partition=part --read=${scratch_dir}/part -F ${pnorfile}
 pflash --partition=VERSION --read=${scratch_dir}/VERSION -F ${pnorfile}
 {
@@ -81,24 +78,18 @@
         # "ID=05 MVPD 000d9000..00169000 (actual=00090000) [ECC]"
         read -r -a fields <<< "$line"
 
-        # Get any flags attached to end (e.g. [ECC])
-        flags=""
-        for flag in "${fields[@]:4}"
-        do
-          flags+=",${flag//[\[\]]/}"
-        done
-
         id=${fields[0]##*=}
         offset=$((${ffs_entry_size} * 10#${id} + ${vercheck_offset}))
         vercheck=$(xxd -p -l  0x1 -seek ${offset} ${scratch_dir}/part)
-        offset=$((${ffs_entry_size} * 10#${id} + ${miscflags_offset}))
-        miscflags=0x$(xxd -p -l  0x1 -seek ${offset} ${scratch_dir}/part)
-        if ((miscflags & 0x80)); then
-          flags+=",PRESERVED"
-        elif ((miscflags & 0x40)); then
-          flags+=",READONLY"
-        else
-          flags+=",READWRITE"
+        export flags=$(pflash --detail=$((10#$id)) -F ${pnorfile} | grep "\[" |
+                sed 's/....$//' | tr '\n' ',' | sed 's/.$//')
+        if [[ $flags != "" ]]; then
+            flags=,$flags
+        fi
+
+        if [[ $(echo $flags | grep "READONLY") == "" &&
+              $(echo $flags | grep "PRESERVED") == "" ]]; then
+            flags=$flags,READWRITE
         fi
 
         # Need the partition ID, name, start location, end location, and flags