diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-pdbutil/DumpOutputStyle.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-pdbutil/DumpOutputStyle.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-pdbutil/DumpOutputStyle.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-pdbutil/DumpOutputStyle.cpp
@@ -531,10 +531,10 @@
   return std::make_pair(std::move(Stream), Headers);
 }
 
-static std::vector<std::string> getSectionNames(PDBFile &File) {
+static Expected<std::vector<std::string>> getSectionNames(PDBFile &File) {
   auto ExpectedHeaders = loadSectionHeaders(File, DbgHeaderType::SectionHdr);
   if (!ExpectedHeaders)
-    return {};
+    return ExpectedHeaders.takeError();
 
   std::unique_ptr<MappedBlockStream> Stream;
   ArrayRef<object::coff_section> Headers;
@@ -604,8 +604,10 @@
       [&](uint32_t Modi, const SymbolGroup &Strings) -> Error {
         auto Desc = Modules.getModuleDescriptor(Modi);
         if (opts::dump::DumpSectionContribs) {
-          std::vector<std::string> Sections = getSectionNames(getPdb());
-          dumpSectionContrib(P, Desc.getSectionContrib(), Sections, 0);
+          auto Sections = getSectionNames(getPdb());
+          if (!Sections)
+            return Sections.takeError();
+          dumpSectionContrib(P, Desc.getSectionContrib(), *Sections, 0);
         }
         P.formatLine("Obj: `{0}`: ", Desc.getObjFileName());
         P.formatLine("debug stream: {0}, # files: {1}, has ec info: {2}",
@@ -1959,8 +1961,10 @@
     ArrayRef<std::string> Names;
   };
 
-  std::vector<std::string> Names = getSectionNames(getPdb());
-  Visitor V(P, makeArrayRef(Names));
+  auto Names = getSectionNames(getPdb());
+  if (!Names)
+    return Names.takeError();
+  Visitor V(P, makeArrayRef(*Names));
   Dbi.visitSectionContributions(V);
   return Error::success();
 }