Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Error.h
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/Error.h
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/Error.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 }
 
 LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN void fatal(const Twine &Msg);
+LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN void fatal(std::error_code EC, const Twine &Prefix);
 
 template <class T> T check(ErrorOr<T> E) {
   if (auto EC = E.getError())
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Error.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/Error.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/Error.cpp
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@
   exit(1);
 }
 
+void elf::fatal(std::error_code EC, const Twine &Prefix) {
+  fatal(Prefix + ": " + EC.message());
+}
+
 } // namespace lld
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   std::error_code EC;
   ELFFile<ELFT> F(MB.getBuffer(), EC);
   if (EC)
-    error(EC, "failed to read " + MB.getBufferIdentifier());
+    fatal(EC, "failed to read " + MB.getBufferIdentifier());
   return F;
 }
 
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/invalid/too-short.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/invalid/too-short.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/invalid/too-short.s
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+## too-short.elf file is a truncated ELF.
+# RUN: not ld.lld %S/Inputs/too-short.elf -o %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK: failed to read