diff --git a/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp b/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
index be25d315d68..cd9cc51c45b 100644
--- a/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
+++ b/utils/self-extracting-executable/decompressor.cpp
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int decompressFiles(int input_fd, char * path, char * name, bool & have_compress
 
 #if !defined(OS_DARWIN) && !defined(OS_FREEBSD)
 
-uint32_t getInode(const char * self)
+uint64_t getInode(const char * self)
 {
     std::ifstream maps("/proc/self/maps");
     if (maps.fail())
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ uint32_t getInode(const char * self)
     {
         std::stringstream ss(line); // STYLE_CHECK_ALLOW_STD_STRING_STREAM
         std::string addr, mode, offset, id, path;
-        uint32_t inode = 0;
+        uint64_t inode = 0;
         if (ss >> addr >> mode >> offset >> id >> inode >> path && path == self)
             return inode;
     }
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ int main(int/* argc*/, char* argv[])
 
 #if !defined(OS_DARWIN) && !defined(OS_FREEBSD)
     /// get inode of this executable
-    uint32_t inode = getInode(self);
+    uint64_t inode = getInode(self);
     if (inode == 0)
     {
         std::cerr << "Unable to obtain inode." << std::endl;
@@ -447,6 +447,11 @@ int main(int/* argc*/, char* argv[])
         return 1;
     }
 
+    /// inconsistency in WSL1 Ubuntu - inode reported in /proc/self/maps is a 64bit to
+    /// 32bit conversion of input_info.st_ino
+    if (input_info.st_ino & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000 && !(inode & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000))
+        input_info.st_ino &= 0x00000000FFFFFFFF;
+
     /// if decompression was performed by another process since this copy was started
     /// then file referred by path "self" is already pointing to different inode
     if (input_info.st_ino != inode)