Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELF.h
@@ -319,8 +319,12 @@
 
   Header = reinterpret_cast<const Elf_Ehdr *>(base());
 
-  if (Header->e_shoff == 0)
+  if (Header->e_shoff == 0) {
+    if (Header->e_shnum != 0)
+      report_fatal_error(
+          "e_shnum should be zero if a file has no section header table");
     return;
+  }
 
   const uint64_t SectionTableOffset = Header->e_shoff;
 
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Object/invalid.test
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Object/invalid.test
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Object/invalid.test
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 RUN: not llvm-readobj -t %p/Inputs/invalid-xindex-size.elf 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-XINDEX-SIZE %s
 INVALID-XINDEX-SIZE: Invalid data was encountered while parsing the file.
 
+RUN: not llvm-readobj -t %p/Inputs/invalid-e_shnum.elf 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SH-NUM %s
+INVALID-SH-NUM: e_shnum should be zero if a file has no section header table
+
 RUN: not llvm-readobj -t %p/Inputs/invalid-ext-symtab-index.elf-x86-64 2>&1 | \
 RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-EXT-SYMTAB-INDEX %s
 INVALID-EXT-SYMTAB-INDEX: Invalid symbol table index