diff --git a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
--- a/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
+++ b/bolt/lib/Rewrite/RewriteInstance.cpp
@@ -3818,18 +3818,18 @@
 
   // Handling for sections with relocations.
   for (BinarySection &Section : BC->sections()) {
-    if (!Section.hasSectionRef())
+    if (!Section.hasSectionRef() || !Section.isAllocatable())
       continue;
 
     StringRef SectionName = Section.getName();
     ErrorOr<BinarySection &> OrgSection =
         BC->getUniqueSectionByName((getOrgSecPrefix() + SectionName).str());
-    if (!OrgSection ||
-        !OrgSection->isAllocatable() ||
-        !OrgSection->isFinalized() ||
-        !OrgSection->hasValidSectionID())
+    if (!OrgSection)
       continue;
 
+    assert(OrgSection->isAllocatable() && OrgSection->isFinalized() &&
+           OrgSection->hasValidSectionID() && "section check failed");
+
     if (OrgSection->getOutputAddress()) {
       LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "BOLT-DEBUG: section " << SectionName
                         << " is already mapped at 0x"