Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@
 }
 
 template <class ELFT>
-static bool shouldKeepInSymtab(InputSectionBase<ELFT> *Sec, StringRef SymName,
+static bool shouldKeepInSymtab(elf::ObjectFile<ELFT> *F,
+                               InputSectionBase<ELFT> *Sec, StringRef SymName,
                                const SymbolBody &B) {
   if (B.isFile())
     return false;
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@
   if (Config->Discard == DiscardPolicy::Locals)
     return false;
 
-  return !(Sec->getSectionHdr()->sh_flags & SHF_MERGE);
+  return !(Sec && Sec->getSectionHdr()->sh_flags & SHF_MERGE);
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> static bool includeInSymtab(const SymbolBody &B) {
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@
         fatal(getFilename(F) + ": invalid symbol name offset");
       StringRef SymName(StrTab.data() + B->getNameOffset());
       InputSectionBase<ELFT> *Sec = DR->Section;
-      if (!shouldKeepInSymtab<ELFT>(Sec, SymName, *B))
+      if (!shouldKeepInSymtab<ELFT>(F, Sec, SymName, *B))
         continue;
       ++Out<ELFT>::SymTab->NumLocals;
       if (Config->Relocatable)
Index: test/ELF/local.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/local.s
+++ test/ELF/local.s
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Check that symbol table is correctly populated with local symbols.
-// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t
+// RUN: llvm-mc -save-temp-labels -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t
 // RUN: ld.lld %t -o %t1
 // RUN: llvm-readobj -t -s %t1 | FileCheck %s
 // REQUIRES: x86
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Offset:
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Size:
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Link:
-// CHECK-NEXT:     Info: 5
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Info: 6
 
 // CHECK: Symbols [
 // CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Section: Undefined
 // CHECK-NEXT:   }
 // CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Name: .Labs
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x2B
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Binding: Local
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Type: None
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Other: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT:     Section: Absolute
+// CHECK-NEXT:   }
+// CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Name: abs
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x2A
 // CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 0
@@ -80,3 +89,4 @@
 foo:
 goo:
 abs = 42
+.Labs = 43