Index: lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -1050,9 +1050,8 @@
 }
 
 static int getRankProximity(OutputSection *A, BaseCommand *B) {
-  if (auto *Sec = dyn_cast<OutputSection>(B))
-    return getRankProximityAux(A, Sec);
-  return -1;
+  auto *Sec = dyn_cast<OutputSection>(B);
+  return (Sec && Sec->Live) ? getRankProximityAux(A, Sec) : -1;
 }
 
 // When placing orphan sections, we want to place them after symbol assignments
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-live-only.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-live-only.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-live-only.s
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo "PHDRS { \
+# RUN:   exec PT_LOAD FLAGS(0x4 | 0x1); \
+# RUN:   ro   PT_LOAD FLAGS(0x4); \
+# RUN: } \
+# RUN: SECTIONS { \
+# RUN:  .pad : { QUAD(0); } :exec \
+# RUN:  .text : { *(.text) } \
+# RUN:  .ro : { *(.ro) } :ro \
+# RUN: }" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S -l %t | FileCheck %s
+
+## The ".pad" section is not "live" and should be ignored by the
+## orphan placement.
+##
+## Check that the orphan section is placed correctly and belongs to
+## the correct segment.
+
+# CHECK: Section Headers
+# CHECK: .pad
+# CHECK-NEXT: .text
+# CHECK-NEXT: .orphan2
+# CHECK-NEXT: .ro
+# CHECK-NEXT: .orphan1
+
+# CHECK: Segment Sections
+# CHECK-NEXT: .pad .text .orphan2
+# CHECK-NEXT: .ro .orphan1
+
+.section .text,"ax"
+ ret
+
+.section .ro,"a"
+ .byte 0
+
+.section .orphan1,"a"
+ .byte 0
+
+.section .orphan2,"ax"
+ ret