diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/DebugInfo/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h b/llvm/include/llvm/DebugInfo/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/DebugInfo/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/DebugInfo/DWARF/DWARFDebugAbbrev.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   void parse() const;
 
   DWARFAbbreviationDeclarationSetMap::const_iterator begin() const {
-    parse();
+    assert(!Data && "Must call parse before iterating over DWARFDebugAbbrev");
     return AbbrDeclSets.begin();
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/dwarf2yaml.cpp b/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/dwarf2yaml.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/dwarf2yaml.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/obj2yaml/dwarf2yaml.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   auto AbbrevSetPtr = DCtx.getDebugAbbrev();
   if (AbbrevSetPtr) {
     uint64_t AbbrevTableID = 0;
+    AbbrevSetPtr->parse();
     for (auto AbbrvDeclSet : *AbbrevSetPtr) {
       Y.DebugAbbrev.emplace_back();
       Y.DebugAbbrev.back().ID = AbbrevTableID++;
@@ -219,6 +220,7 @@
     if (NewUnit.Version >= 5)
       NewUnit.Type = (dwarf::UnitType)CU->getUnitType();
     const DWARFDebugAbbrev *DebugAbbrev = DCtx.getDebugAbbrev();
+    DebugAbbrev->parse();
     NewUnit.AbbrevTableID = std::distance(
         DebugAbbrev->begin(),
         llvm::find_if(