Index: llvm/test/tools/gold/X86/v1.12/thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/test/tools/gold/X86/v1.12/thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll
+++ llvm/test/tools/gold/X86/v1.12/thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
+; RUN: rm -f %t*.o.thinlto.bc
+; RUN: rm -f %t*.o.imports
+
 ; First generate bitcode with a module summary index for each file
-; RUN: opt -module-summary %s -o %t.o
+; RUN: opt -module-summary %s -o %t1.o
 ; RUN: opt -module-summary %p/Inputs/thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll -o %t2.o
+; RUN: opt %s -o %t3.o
 
 ; Next do the ThinLink step, specifying thinlto-index-only so that the gold
 ; plugin exits after generating individual indexes. The objects the linker
 ; decided to include in the link should be emitted into the file specified
-; after 'thinlto-index-only='. In this version of the test, only %t.o will
+; after 'thinlto-index-only='. In this version of the test, only %t1.o will
 ; be included in the link, and not %t2.o since it is within
 ; a library (--start-lib/--end-lib pair) and not strongly referenced.
 ; Note that the support for detecting this is in gold v1.12.
-; RUN: rm -f %t.o.thinlto.bc
-; RUN: rm -f %t2.o.thinlto.bc
-; RUN: rm -f %t.o.imports
-; RUN: rm -f %t2.o.imports
 ; RUN: %gold -plugin %llvmshlibdir/LLVMgold%shlibext \
 ; RUN:    --plugin-opt=thinlto \
-; RUN:    --plugin-opt=thinlto-index-only=%t3 \
+; RUN:    --plugin-opt=thinlto-index-only=%t.index \
 ; RUN:    --plugin-opt=thinlto-emit-imports-files \
 ; RUN:    -m elf_x86_64 \
 ; RUN:    -o %t4 \
-; RUN:    %t.o \
+; RUN:    %t1.o %t3.o \
 ; RUN:    --start-lib %t2.o --end-lib
 
 ; Ensure that the expected output files are created, even for the file
 ; the linker decided not to include in the link.
-; RUN: ls %t.o.thinlto.bc
+; RUN: ls %t1.o.thinlto.bc
 ; RUN: ls %t2.o.thinlto.bc
-; RUN: ls %t.o.imports
+; RUN: ls %t3.o.thinlto.bc
+; RUN: ls %t1.o.imports
 ; RUN: ls %t2.o.imports
+; RUN: ls %t3.o.imports
 
-; RUN: cat %t3 | FileCheck %s
-; CHECK: thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll.tmp.o
+; RUN: cat %t.index | FileCheck %s
+; CHECK: thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll.tmp1.o
 ; CHECK-NOT: thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll.tmp2.o
+; CHECK-NOT: thinlto_emit_linked_objects.ll.tmp3.o
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
Index: llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -880,7 +880,6 @@
     if (options::thinlto && !HandleToInputFile.count(F.leader_handle))
       HandleToInputFile.insert(std::make_pair(
           F.leader_handle, llvm::make_unique<PluginInputFile>(F.handle)));
-    const void *View = getSymbolsAndView(F);
     // In case we are thin linking with a minimized bitcode file, ensure
     // the module paths encoded in the index reflect where the backends
     // will locate the full bitcode files for compiling/importing.
@@ -888,14 +887,13 @@
         getThinLTOObjectFileName(F.name, OldSuffix, NewSuffix);
     auto ObjFilename = ObjectFilenames.insert(Identifier);
     assert(ObjFilename.second);
-    if (!View) {
-      if (options::thinlto_index_only)
-        // Write empty output files that may be expected by the distributed
-        // build system.
-        writeEmptyDistributedBuildOutputs(Identifier, OldPrefix, NewPrefix);
-      continue;
+    if (options::thinlto_index_only) {
+      // Write empty output files that may be expected by the distributed
+      // build system.
+      writeEmptyDistributedBuildOutputs(Identifier, OldPrefix, NewPrefix);
     }
-    addModule(*Lto, F, View, ObjFilename.first->first());
+    if (const void *View = getSymbolsAndView(F))
+      addModule(*Lto, F, View, ObjFilename.first->first());
   }
 
   SmallString<128> Filename;