Index: ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
===================================================================
--- ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
+++ ELF/SymbolTable.cpp
@@ -209,10 +209,18 @@
     if (sym->getName().contains('@'))
       continue;
 
-    if (sym->versionId != config->defaultSymbolVersion &&
-        sym->versionId != versionId)
-      error("duplicate symbol '" + ver.name + "' in version script");
-    sym->versionId = versionId;
+    if (sym->versionId == config->defaultSymbolVersion) {
+      sym->versionId = versionId;
+    } else if (sym->versionId != versionId) {
+      std::string msg = ("symbol '" + ver.name + "' was assigned").str();
+      if (sym->versionId == VER_NDX_LOCAL)
+        warn(msg + " as local");
+      else if (sym->versionId == VER_NDX_GLOBAL)
+        warn(msg + " as global");
+      else
+        warn(msg + " to version '" +
+             config->versionDefinitions[sym->versionId - 2].name + "'");
+    }
   }
 }
 
Index: test/ELF/version-script-reassign.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/ELF/version-script-reassign.s
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t.o
+# RUN: echo '{ local: foo; };' > %tl.ver
+# RUN: echo '{ global: foo; local: *; };' > %tg.ver
+# RUN: echo 'V1 { global: foo; };' > %t1.ver
+# RUN: echo 'V2 { global: foo; };' > %t2.ver
+# RUN: echo 'V2 { global: notexist; local: f*; };' > %t2w.ver
+
+## Note, ld.bfd errors on the two cases.
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o --version-script %tl.ver --version-script %t1.ver \
+# RUN:   -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=LOCAL %s
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o --version-script %tg.ver --version-script %t1.ver \
+# RUN:   -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=GLOBAL %s
+
+## Note, ld.bfd silently accepts the two cases.
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o --version-script %t1.ver --version-script %t2.ver \
+# RUN:   -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=V1 %s
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared %t.o --version-script %t1.ver --version-script %t2w.ver \
+# RUN:   -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=LOCAL %s
+
+# LOCAL: warning: symbol 'foo' was assigned as local
+# GLOBAL: warning: symbol 'foo' was assigned as global
+# V1: warning: symbol 'foo' was assigned to version 'V1'
+
+.globl foo
+foo:
Index: test/ELF/version-script.s
===================================================================
--- test/ELF/version-script.s
+++ test/ELF/version-script.s
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@
 # RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR2 %s
 # ERR2: EOF expected, but got VERSION_2.0
 
-# RUN: echo "VERSION_1.0 { global: foo1; local: *; };" > %t6.script
-# RUN: echo "VERSION_2.0 { global: foo1; local: *; };" >> %t6.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld --version-script %t6.script -shared %t.o %t2.so -o /dev/null 2>&1 | \
-# RUN:   FileCheck -check-prefix=ERR3 %s
-# ERR3: duplicate symbol 'foo1' in version script
-
 # RUN: echo "{ foo1; foo2; };" > %t.list
 # RUN: ld.lld --version-script %t.script --dynamic-list %t.list %t.o %t2.so -o %t2
 # RUN: llvm-readobj %t2 > /dev/null