Index: tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
===================================================================
--- tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -444,11 +444,12 @@
     DiagnosticPrinterRawOStream DP(OS);
     DI.print(DP);
   }
-  ld_plugin_level Level;
+  ld_plugin_level Level = LDPL_FATAL;
   switch (DI.getSeverity()) {
   case DS_Error:
-    message(LDPL_FATAL, "LLVM gold plugin has failed to create LTO module: %s",
+    message(Level, "LLVM gold plugin has failed to create LTO module: %s",
             ErrStorage.c_str());
+    break;
   case DS_Warning:
     Level = LDPL_WARNING;
     break;