Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,11 @@
   for (InputSectionBase<ELFT> *S : V) {
     S->Live = false;
     reportDiscarded(S);
+
+    InputSection<ELFT> *IS = dyn_cast<InputSection<ELFT>>(S);
+    if (!IS || IS->DependentSections.empty())
+      continue;
+    discard(IS->DependentSections);
   }
 }
 
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-section-metadata.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-section-metadata.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/discard-section-metadata.s
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { /DISCARD/ : { *(.foo) } }" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 --script %t.script %t
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK-NOT: .foo
+# CHECK-NOT: .bar
+# CHECK-NOT: .zed
+# CHECK-NOT: .moo
+
+## Sections dependency tree for testcase is:
+## (.foo)
+##   | |
+##   | --(.bar)
+##   |
+##   --(.zed)
+##       |
+##       --(.moo)
+##
+
+.section .foo,"a"
+.quad 0
+
+.section .bar,"am",@progbits,.foo
+.quad 0
+
+.section .zed,"am",@progbits,.foo
+.quad 0
+
+.section .moo,"am",@progbits,.zed
+.quad 0