diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Archive.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Archive.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Archive.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/Archive.h
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@
   uint64_t getFirstChildOffset() const override { return FirstChildOffset; }
   uint64_t getLastChildOffset() const { return LastChildOffset; }
   bool isEmpty() const override {
-    return Data.getBufferSize() == sizeof(FixLenHdr);
+    return Data.getBufferSize() == sizeof(FixLenHdr) ||
+           getFirstChildOffset() == 0;
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Object/archive-big-read-empty-with-freelist.test b/llvm/test/Object/archive-big-read-empty-with-freelist.test
--- a/llvm/test/Object/archive-big-read-empty-with-freelist.test
+++ b/llvm/test/Object/archive-big-read-empty-with-freelist.test
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Test reading an empty archive with free list in it.
-# RUN: env TZ=GMT not llvm-ar tv %p/Inputs/aix-empty-big-archive-with-freelist.a 2>&1 \
-# RUN:   | grep 'truncated or malformed archive'
+# RUN: env TZ=GMT llvm-ar tv %p/Inputs/aix-empty-big-archive-with-freelist.a 2>&1 \
+# RUN:   | not grep 'truncated or malformed archive'