diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/Archive.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@
     return;
   ErrorAsOutParameter ErrAsOutParam(Err);
 
-  if (Size < getSizeOf())
-    *Err = createMemberHeaderParseError(this, RawHeaderPtr, Size);
+  if (Size < getSizeOf()) {
+    Error SubErr = createMemberHeaderParseError(this, RawHeaderPtr, Size);
+    if (Err)
+      *Err = std::move(SubErr);
+  }
 }
 
 // This gets the raw name from the ArMemHdr->Name field and checks that it is