diff --git a/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/wasm/WasmObjcopy.cpp b/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/wasm/WasmObjcopy.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/wasm/WasmObjcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/wasm/WasmObjcopy.cpp
@@ -126,9 +126,11 @@
     Sec.SectionType = llvm::wasm::WASM_SEC_CUSTOM;
     Sec.Name = NewSection.SectionName;
 
+    llvm::StringRef InputData =
+        llvm::StringRef(NewSection.SectionData->getBufferStart(),
+                        NewSection.SectionData->getBufferSize());
     std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> BufferCopy = MemoryBuffer::getMemBufferCopy(
-        NewSection.SectionData->getBufferStart(),
-        NewSection.SectionData->getBufferIdentifier());
+        InputData, NewSection.SectionData->getBufferIdentifier());
     Sec.Contents = makeArrayRef<uint8_t>(
         reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t *>(BufferCopy->getBufferStart()),
         BufferCopy->getBufferSize());