Index: ELF/InputFiles.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@
   if (Flags & SHF_WRITE)
     fatal("writable SHF_MERGE sections are not supported");
   uintX_t EntSize = Sec.sh_entsize;
-  if (!EntSize || Sec.sh_size % EntSize)
+  if (!EntSize)
+    return false;
+  if (Sec.sh_size % EntSize)
     fatal("SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize");
 
   // Don't try to merge if the aligment is larger than the sh_entsize and this
Index: test/ELF/invalid-elf.test
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/invalid-elf.test
+++ test/ELF/invalid-elf.test
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SECTION-INDEX %s
 # INVALID-SECTION-INDEX: Invalid section index
 
-# RUN: not ld.lld %p/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf -o %t2 2>&1 | \
-# RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SHENTSIZE-ZERO %s
-# INVALID-SHENTSIZE-ZERO: SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize
-
 # RUN: not ld.lld %p/Inputs/invalid-multiple-eh-relocs.elf -o %t2 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-EH-RELOCS %s
 # INVALID-EH-RELOCS: multiple relocation sections to .eh_frame are not supported
Index: test/ELF/merge-zero-size.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/merge-zero-size.s
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# RUN: ld.lld %p/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf -o %t2 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck -allow-empty %s
+# CHECK-NOT: SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize
+