Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -918,12 +918,7 @@
     return CurOutSec ? CurOutSec : (*OutputSections)[0];
   }
 
-  if (auto *DR = dyn_cast_or_null<DefinedRegular<ELFT>>(Sym))
-    return DR->Section ? DR->Section->OutSec : nullptr;
-  if (auto *DS = dyn_cast_or_null<DefinedSynthetic>(Sym))
-    return DS->Section;
-
-  return nullptr;
+  return SymbolTableSection<ELFT>::getOutputSection(Sym);
 }
 
 // Returns indices of ELF headers containing specific section, identified
Index: lld/trunk/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@
 
   ArrayRef<SymbolTableEntry> getSymbols() const { return Symbols; }
 
+  static const OutputSectionBase *getOutputSection(SymbolBody *Sym);
+
   unsigned NumLocals = 0;
   StringTableSection<ELFT> &StrTabSec;
 
@@ -379,8 +381,6 @@
   void writeLocalSymbols(uint8_t *&Buf);
   void writeGlobalSymbols(uint8_t *Buf);
 
-  const OutputSectionBase *getOutputSection(SymbolBody *Sym);
-
   // A vector of symbols and their string table offsets.
   std::vector<SymbolTableEntry> Symbols;
 };
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/common-assign.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/common-assign.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/common-assign.s
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { . = SIZEOF_HEADERS; pfoo = foo; pbar = bar; }" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 --script %t.script %t
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -symbols %t1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK:       Symbol {
+# CHECK:         Name: bar
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x134
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 4
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Binding: Global
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Type: Object
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Other: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Section: .bss
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Name: foo
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x138
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 4
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Binding: Global
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Type: Object
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Other: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Section: .bss
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Name: pfoo
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x138
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Binding: Global
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Type: None
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Other: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Section: .bss
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT:   Symbol {
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Name: pbar
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Value: 0x134
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Size: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Binding: Global
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Type: None
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Other: 0
+# CHECK-NEXT:     Section: .bss
+# CHECK-NEXT:   }
+# CHECK-NEXT: ]
+
+.comm	foo,4,4
+.comm	bar,4,4
+movl	$1, foo(%rip)
+movl	$2, bar(%rip)