Index: lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -425,18 +425,16 @@
 template <class ELFT> void ArchiveFile::parse() {
   File = check(Archive::create(MB), "failed to parse archive");
 
+  // Checks for a common usage error of an ar command.
+  if (File->getNumberOfSymbols() == 0 && !File->isEmpty())
+    warn(getName() + " has no symbol."
+         " Chances are you are doing an LTO build and forgot to use an ar"
+         " command that can create a symbol table for LLVM bitcode files."
+         " If so, use llvm-ar or GNU ar + plugin.");
+
   // Read the symbol table to construct Lazy objects.
-  bool IsEmpty = true;
-  for (const Archive::Symbol &Sym : File->symbols()) {
+  for (const Archive::Symbol &Sym : File->symbols())
     Symtab<ELFT>::X->addLazyArchive(this, Sym);
-    IsEmpty = false;
-  }
-
-  if (IsEmpty)
-    warn(getName() + " has no symbol. Chances are you are doing "
-         "an LTO build and forgot to use an ar command that can create "
-         "a symbol table for LLVM bitcode files. If so, use llvm-ar or "
-         "GNU ar + plugin.");
 }
 
 // Returns a buffer pointing to a member file containing a given symbol.
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/empty-archive.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/empty-archive.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/empty-archive.s
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 // RUN: llvm-ar rc %t.a
 // RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
-// RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o %t.a -o t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-
-// CHECK: has no symbol.
+// RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o %t.a -o t
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/lto/archive.ll
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/lto/archive.ll
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/lto/archive.ll
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 ; RUN: ld.lld -m elf_x86_64 %t2.o --whole-archive %t.a -o %t3 -shared
 ; RUN: llvm-readobj -t %t3 | FileCheck %s
 
+; RUN: llvm-ar rcS %t4.a %t1.o
+; RUN: ld.lld -m elf_x86_64 %t2.o %t4.a -o %t3 -shared 2>&1 \
+; RUN:   | FileCheck -check-prefix=WARN %s
 
 ; CHECK:      Name: g (
 ; CHECK-NEXT: Value:
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@
 ; CHECK-NEXT: Other: 0
 ; CHECK-NEXT: Section: .text
 
+; WARN: has no symbol.
+
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"