Index: lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -111,13 +111,9 @@
 
 void LinkerScript::setDot(Expr E, const Twine &Loc, bool InSec) {
   uint64_t Val = E().getValue();
-  if (Val < Dot) {
-    if (InSec)
-      error(Loc + ": unable to move location counter backward for: " +
-            CurAddressState->OutSec->Name);
-    else
-      error(Loc + ": unable to move location counter backward");
-  }
+  if (Val < Dot && InSec)
+    error(Loc + ": unable to move location counter backward for: " +
+          CurAddressState->OutSec->Name);
   Dot = Val;
   // Update to location counter means update to section size.
   if (InSec)
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr2.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr2.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/locationcountererr2.s
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS {" > %t.script
 # RUN: echo ". = 0x20; . = 0x10; .text : {} }" >> %t.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld %t.o --script %t.script -o %t -shared 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-# CHECK: {{.*}}.script:2: unable to move location counter backward
+# RUN: ld.lld %t.o --script %t.script -o %t -shared
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK: Idx Name   Size      Address
+# CHECK:  1 .text 00000000 0000000000000010
 
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { . = 0x20; . = ASSERT(0x1, "foo"); }" > %t2.script
 # RUN: ld.lld %t.o --script %t2.script -o %t -shared
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/out-of-order.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/out-of-order.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/out-of-order.s
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 # REQUIRES: x86
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-linux %s -o %t.o
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { .data 0x4000 : { *(.data) } .text 0x2000 : { *(.text) } }" > %t.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t.so --script %t.script %t.o -shared 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t.so --script %t.script %t.o -shared
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -section-headers %t.so | FileCheck %s
 
-# CHECK:  error: {{.*}}.script:1: unable to move location counter backward
+# CHECK:      Sections:
+# CHECK-NEXT: Idx Name          Size      Address          Type
+# CHECK-NEXT:   0               00000000 0000000000000000
+# CHECK-NEXT:   1 .data         00000008 0000000000004000  DATA
+# CHECK-NEXT:   2 .dynamic      00000060 0000000000004008
+# CHECK-NEXT:   3 .text         00000008 0000000000002000  TEXT DATA
+# CHECK-NEXT:   4 .dynsym       00000018 0000000000002008
+# CHECK-NEXT:   5 .hash         00000010 0000000000002020
+# CHECK-NEXT:   6 .dynstr       00000001 0000000000002030
 
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