Index: test/tools/llvm-readobj/broken-group.test
===================================================================
--- test/tools/llvm-readobj/broken-group.test
+++ test/tools/llvm-readobj/broken-group.test
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --elf-section-groups -elf-output-style=GNU %t.o \
+# RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=GNU
+# GNU:      COMDAT group section [    2] `.group' [bar] contains 1 sections:
+# GNU-NEXT:   [Index]    Name
+# GNU-NEXT:   [    3]   .foo
+# GNU:      COMDAT group section [    4] `.group1' [zed] contains 1 sections:
+# GNU-NEXT:   [Index]    Name
+# GNU-NEXT:   Error: section [    3] in group section [    4] already in group section [    2]
+
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --elf-section-groups %t.o \
+# RUN:   | FileCheck %s -check-prefix=LLVM
+# LLVM:      Groups {
+# LLVM-NEXT:   Group {
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Name: .group
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Index: 2
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Type: COMDAT
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Signature: bar
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Section(s) in group [
+# LLVM-NEXT:       .foo (3)
+# LLVM-NEXT:     ]
+# LLVM-NEXT:   }
+# LLVM-NEXT:   Group {
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Name: .group1
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Index: 4
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Type: COMDAT
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Signature: zed
+# LLVM-NEXT:     Section(s) in group [
+# LLVM-NEXT:       Error: .foo (3) already in a group .group (2)
+# LLVM-NEXT:     ]
+# LLVM-NEXT:   }
+# LLVM-NEXT: }
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:      
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:        
+  - Name:            .text
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_EXECINSTR ]
+    AddressAlign:    0x0000000000000004
+    Content:         ''
+  - Name:            .group
+    Type:            SHT_GROUP
+    Link:            .symtab
+    AddressAlign:    0x0000000000000004
+    Info:            bar
+    Members:         
+      - SectionOrType:   GRP_COMDAT
+      - SectionOrType:   .foo
+  - Name:            .foo
+    Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_EXECINSTR, SHF_GROUP ]
+    AddressAlign:    0x0000000000000001
+    Content:         ''
+  - Name:            .group1
+    Type:            SHT_GROUP
+    Link:            .symtab
+    AddressAlign:    0x0000000000000004
+    Info:            zed
+    Members:         
+      - SectionOrType:   GRP_COMDAT
+      - SectionOrType:   .foo
+Symbols:         
+  Local:           
+    - Name:            bar
+      Section:         .group
+    - Name:            zed
+      Section:         .group1
Index: tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
+++ tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "StackMapPrinter.h"
 #include "llvm-readobj.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/PointerIntPair.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallString.h"
@@ -2489,18 +2490,38 @@
   }
   return Ret;
 }
+
+DenseMap<uint64_t, const GroupSection *>
+mapSectionsToGroups(ArrayRef<GroupSection> Groups) {
+  DenseMap<uint64_t, const GroupSection *> Ret;
+  for (const GroupSection &G : Groups)
+    for (const GroupMember &GM : G.Members)
+      Ret.insert({GM.Index, &G});
+  return Ret;
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 template <class ELFT> void GNUStyle<ELFT>::printGroupSections(const ELFO *Obj) {
   std::vector<GroupSection> V = getGroups<ELFT>(Obj);
+  DenseMap<uint64_t, const GroupSection *> Map = mapSectionsToGroups(V);
   for (const GroupSection &G : V) {
     OS << "\n"
        << getGroupType(G.Type) << " group section ["
        << format_decimal(G.Index, 5) << "] `" << G.Name << "' [" << G.Signature
        << "] contains " << G.Members.size() << " sections:\n"
        << "   [Index]    Name\n";
-    for (const GroupMember &GM : G.Members)
+    for (const GroupMember &GM : G.Members) {
+      const GroupSection *MainGroup = Map[GM.Index];
+      if (MainGroup != &G) {
+        OS << "Error: section [" << format_decimal(GM.Index, 5)
+           << "] in group section [" << format_decimal(G.Index, 5)
+           << "] already in group section ["
+           << format_decimal(MainGroup->Index, 5) << "]";
+        continue;
+      }
       OS << "   [" << format_decimal(GM.Index, 5) << "]   " << GM.Name << "\n";
+    }
   }
 
   if (V.empty())
@@ -3525,6 +3546,7 @@
 void LLVMStyle<ELFT>::printGroupSections(const ELFO *Obj) {
   DictScope Lists(W, "Groups");
   std::vector<GroupSection> V = getGroups<ELFT>(Obj);
+  DenseMap<uint64_t, const GroupSection *> Map = mapSectionsToGroups(V);
   for (const GroupSection &G : V) {
     DictScope D(W, "Group");
     W.printNumber("Name", G.Name, G.ShName);
@@ -3533,8 +3555,16 @@
     W.startLine() << "Signature: " << G.Signature << "\n";
 
     ListScope L(W, "Section(s) in group");
-    for (const GroupMember &GM : G.Members)
+    for (const GroupMember &GM : G.Members) {
+      const GroupSection *MainGroup = Map[GM.Index];
+      if (MainGroup != &G) {
+        W.startLine() << "Error: " << GM.Name << " (" << GM.Index
+                      << ") already in a group " + MainGroup->Name + " ("
+                      << MainGroup->Index << ")\n";
+        continue;
+      }
       W.startLine() << GM.Name << " (" << GM.Index << ")\n";
+    }
   }
 
   if (V.empty())