Index: lld/trunk/Common/ErrorHandler.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/Common/ErrorHandler.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/Common/ErrorHandler.cpp
@@ -157,12 +157,13 @@
 
 void ErrorHandler::error(const Twine &msg) {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mu);
-  newline(errorOS, msg);
 
   if (errorLimit == 0 || errorCount < errorLimit) {
+    newline(errorOS, msg);
     printHeader("error: ", raw_ostream::RED, msg);
     *errorOS << msg << "\n";
   } else if (errorCount == errorLimit) {
+    newline(errorOS, msg);
     printHeader("error: ", raw_ostream::RED, msg);
     *errorOS << errorLimitExceededMsg << "\n";
     if (exitEarly)
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/error-limit-no-newlines.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/error-limit-no-newlines.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/error-limit-no-newlines.s
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o %t1.o
+# RUN: not ld.lld --error-limit=1 %t1.o %t1.o %t1.o -o /dev/null 2>%t.output
+# RUN: echo "END" >> %t.output
+# RUN: FileCheck %s -input-file=%t.output
+
+# CHECK:      error: duplicate symbol: _start
+# CHECK-NEXT: >>> defined at {{.*}}1.o:(.text+0x0)
+# CHECK-NEXT: >>> defined at {{.*}}1.o:(.text+0x0)
+# CHECK-EMPTY:
+# CHECK-NEXT: ld.lld: error: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use -error-limit=0 to see all errors)
+## Ensure that there isn't an additional newline before the next message:
+# CHECK-NEXT: END
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  nop
+
+.globl foo
+foo:
+  nop
+
+.globl bar
+bar:
+  nop