Index: ELF/LinkerScript.h
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.h
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.h
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@
   bool Provide = false;
   bool Hidden = false;
 
+  // Whether the command is within SECTIONS command.
+  bool InSections = true;
+
   // Holds file name and line number for error reporting.
   std::string Location;
 };
@@ -149,6 +152,9 @@
   static bool classof(const BaseCommand *C);
 
   Expr Expression;
+
+  // Whether the command is within SECTIONS command.
+  bool InSections = true;
 };
 
 // Represents BYTE(), SHORT(), LONG(), or QUAD().
@@ -257,6 +263,7 @@
   void allocateHeaders(std::vector<PhdrEntry *> &Phdrs);
   void addSymbol(SymbolAssignment *Cmd);
   void processCommands(OutputSectionFactory &Factory);
+  void processOutsideSectionsCommands();
 
   // Parsed linker script configurations are set to this struct.
   ScriptConfiguration Opt;
Index: ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -773,6 +773,22 @@
   }
 }
 
+void LinkerScript::processOutsideSectionsCommands() {
+  for (BaseCommand *Base : Opt.Commands) {
+    if (auto *Cmd = dyn_cast<SymbolAssignment>(Base)) {
+      if (!Cmd->InSections)
+        assignSymbol(Cmd, false);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (auto *Cmd = dyn_cast<AssertCommand>(Base)) {
+      if (!Cmd->InSections)
+        Cmd->Expression();
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void LinkerScript::assignAddresses() {
   // Assign addresses as instructed by linker script SECTIONS sub-commands.
   Dot = 0;
@@ -787,12 +803,14 @@
 
   for (BaseCommand *Base : Opt.Commands) {
     if (auto *Cmd = dyn_cast<SymbolAssignment>(Base)) {
-      assignSymbol(Cmd, false);
+      if (Cmd->InSections)
+        assignSymbol(Cmd, false);
       continue;
     }
 
     if (auto *Cmd = dyn_cast<AssertCommand>(Base)) {
-      Cmd->Expression();
+      if (Cmd->InSections)
+        Cmd->Expression();
       continue;
     }
 
Index: ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
+++ ELF/ScriptParser.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@
       continue;
 
     if (Tok == "ASSERT") {
-      Script->Opt.Commands.push_back(readAssert());
+      AssertCommand *Cmd = readAssert();
+      Cmd->InSections = false;
+      Script->Opt.Commands.push_back(Cmd);
     } else if (Tok == "ENTRY") {
       readEntry();
     } else if (Tok == "EXTERN") {
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@
     } else if (Tok == "VERSION") {
       readVersion();
     } else if (SymbolAssignment *Cmd = readProvideOrAssignment(Tok)) {
+      Cmd->InSections = false;
       Script->Opt.Commands.push_back(Cmd);
     } else {
       setError("unknown directive: " + Tok);
Index: ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@
     fixPredefinedSymbols();
   }
 
+  // Now that the value of all predefined symbols have been fixed, we can
+  // process symbol assignments outside SECTIONS commands (because these may
+  // be referring to the predefined symbols).
+  Script->processOutsideSectionsCommands();
+
   // It does not make sense try to open the file if we have error already.
   if (ErrorCount)
     return;
Index: test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
+++ test/ELF/linkerscript/symbol-reserved.s
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=ALIGN-SUB %s
 # ALIGN-SUB: 0000000000000006 *ABS* 00000000 .hidden newsym
 
+# RUN: echo "PROVIDE_HIDDEN(newsym = ALIGN(_end, CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE)) + 5);" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 %t %t.script
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=RELATIVE %s
+# RELATIVE: 0000000000202005 .text 00000000 .hidden newsym
+# RELATIVE: 0000000000201007 .text 00000000 _end
+
 # RUN: echo "PROVIDE_HIDDEN(newsym = ALIGN(_end, CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE)) + 5);" > %t.script
 # RUN: ld.lld -o %t1 --script %p/Inputs/symbol-reserved.script %t %t.script
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=RELATIVE-ADD %s