Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@
   if (auto *AssignCmd = dyn_cast<SymbolAssignment>(&Base)) {
     if (AssignCmd->Name == ".") {
       // Update to location counter means update to section size.
-      Dot = AssignCmd->Expression(Dot);
+      uintX_t Val = AssignCmd->Expression(Dot);
+      if (Val < Dot)
+        error("unable to move location counter backward for: " +
+              CurOutSec->Name);
+      Dot = Val;
       CurOutSec->Size = Dot - CurOutSec->Addr;
       return;
     }
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .text 0x2000 : {. = 0x10 ; *(.text) } }" > %t.script
+# RUN: not ld.lld %t --script %t.script -o %t1 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK: unable to move location counter backward for: .text
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+nop