Index: lld/COFF/Driver.h
===================================================================
--- lld/COFF/Driver.h
+++ lld/COFF/Driver.h
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@
 // incompatible objects.
 void checkFailIfMismatch(StringRef Arg);
 
-// Convert Windows resource files (.res files) to a .obj file
-// using cvtres.exe.
-std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>
-convertResToCOFF(const std::vector<MemoryBufferRef> &MBs);
+// Convert Windows resource files (.res files) to a .obj file.
+MemoryBufferRef convertResToCOFF(const std::vector<MemoryBufferRef> &MBs);
 
 void runMSVCLinker(std::string Rsp, ArrayRef<StringRef> Objects);
 
Index: lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -113,16 +113,15 @@
 void LinkerDriver::addBuffer(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> MB,
                              bool WholeArchive) {
   MemoryBufferRef MBRef = takeBuffer(std::move(MB));
+  FilePaths.push_back(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier());
 
   // File type is detected by contents, not by file extension.
-  file_magic Magic = identify_magic(MBRef.getBuffer());
-  if (Magic == file_magic::windows_resource) {
+  switch (identify_magic(MBRef.getBuffer())) {
+  case file_magic::windows_resource:
     Resources.push_back(MBRef);
-    return;
-  }
+    break;
 
-  FilePaths.push_back(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier());
-  if (Magic == file_magic::archive) {
+  case file_magic::archive:
     if (WholeArchive) {
       std::unique_ptr<Archive> File =
           check(Archive::create(MBRef),
@@ -133,19 +132,21 @@
       return;
     }
     Symtab->addFile(make<ArchiveFile>(MBRef));
-    return;
-  }
+    break;
 
-  if (Magic == file_magic::bitcode) {
+  case file_magic::bitcode:
     Symtab->addFile(make<BitcodeFile>(MBRef));
-    return;
-  }
+    break;
 
-  if (Magic == file_magic::coff_cl_gl_object)
+  case file_magic::coff_cl_gl_object:
     error(MBRef.getBufferIdentifier() + ": is not a native COFF file. "
           "Recompile without /GL");
-  else
+    break;
+
+  default:
     Symtab->addFile(make<ObjFile>(MBRef));
+    break;
+  }
 }
 
 void LinkerDriver::enqueuePath(StringRef Path, bool WholeArchive) {
@@ -1078,7 +1079,7 @@
   // WindowsResource to convert resource files to a regular COFF file,
   // then link the resulting file normally.
   if (!Resources.empty())
-    addBuffer(convertResToCOFF(Resources), false);
+    Symtab->addFile(make<ObjFile>(convertResToCOFF(Resources)));
 
   if (Tar)
     Tar->append("response.txt",
Index: lld/COFF/DriverUtils.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/COFF/DriverUtils.cpp
+++ lld/COFF/DriverUtils.cpp
@@ -639,10 +639,8 @@
   Config->MustMatch[K] = V;
 }
 
-// Convert Windows resource files (.res files) to a .obj file
-// using cvtres.exe.
-std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>
-convertResToCOFF(const std::vector<MemoryBufferRef> &MBs) {
+// Convert Windows resource files (.res files) to a .obj file.
+MemoryBufferRef convertResToCOFF(const std::vector<MemoryBufferRef> &MBs) {
   object::WindowsResourceParser Parser;
 
   for (MemoryBufferRef MB : MBs) {
@@ -658,7 +656,10 @@
       llvm::object::writeWindowsResourceCOFF(Config->Machine, Parser);
   if (!E)
     fatal(errorToErrorCode(E.takeError()), "failed to write .res to COFF");
-  return std::move(E.get());
+
+  MemoryBufferRef MBRef = **E;
+  make<std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>>(std::move(*E)); // take ownership
+  return MBRef;
 }
 
 // Run MSVC link.exe for given in-memory object files.
Index: lld/test/COFF/linkrepro-res.test
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lld/test/COFF/linkrepro-res.test
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86, shell
+
+# RUN: rm -rf %t.dir
+# RUN: mkdir -p %t.dir/build
+# RUN: cd %t.dir/build
+# RUN: lld-link %p/Inputs/resource.res /subsystem:console /machine:x64 \
+# RUN:   /entry:__ImageBase /linkrepro:. /out:%t.exe
+# RUN: tar xf repro.tar
+# RUN: diff %p/Inputs/resource.res repro/%:p/Inputs/resource.res
+# RUN: FileCheck %s --check-prefix=RSP < repro/response.txt
+
+# RSP: resource.res