diff --git a/llvm/test/Object/invalid.test b/llvm/test/Object/invalid.test
--- a/llvm/test/Object/invalid.test
+++ b/llvm/test/Object/invalid.test
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@
 ## than the object size. Check llvm-readobj reports it.
 
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s --docnum=23 -o %t23
-# RUN: not llvm-readobj --dyn-relocations %t23 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=DYN-TABLE-PHDR %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --dyn-relocations %t23 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=DYN-TABLE-PHDR %s
 
-# DYN-TABLE-PHDR: error: PT_DYNAMIC segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file
+# DYN-TABLE-PHDR: warning: PT_DYNAMIC segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file
 
 --- !ELF
 FileHeader:
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
 ## than the object size. Check llvm-readobj reports it.
 
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s --docnum=24 -o %t24
-# RUN: not llvm-readobj --dyn-relocations %t24 2>&1 \
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --dyn-relocations %t24 2>&1 \
 # RUN:  | FileCheck --check-prefix=DYN-TABLE-PHDR %s
 
 --- !ELF
diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/elf-malformed-pt-dynamic.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/elf-malformed-pt-dynamic.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/elf-malformed-pt-dynamic.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/elf-malformed-pt-dynamic.test
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@
 # within the file.
 # RUN: cp %t.stripped %t.truncated1
 # RUN: %python -c "with open(r'%t.truncated1', 'r+') as f: f.truncate(0x1001)"
-# RUN: not llvm-readobj %t.truncated1 --dynamic-table 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj %t.truncated1 --dynamic-table 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
 # Test case where the offset is too large to be in the file.
 # RUN: cp %t.stripped %t.truncated2
 # RUN: %python -c "with open(r'%t.truncated2', 'r+') as f: f.truncate(0xFFF)"
-# RUN: not llvm-readobj %t.truncated2 --dynamic-table 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj %t.truncated2 --dynamic-table 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
-# CHECK: error: PT_DYNAMIC segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file
+# CHECK: warning: PT_DYNAMIC segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file
 
 --- !ELF
 FileHeader:
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
@@ -1439,9 +1439,11 @@
     return;
 
   if (DynamicPhdr->p_offset + DynamicPhdr->p_filesz >
-      ObjF->getMemoryBufferRef().getBufferSize())
-    reportError(
+      ObjF->getMemoryBufferRef().getBufferSize()) {
+    reportWarning(
         "PT_DYNAMIC segment offset + size exceeds the size of the file");
+    return;
+  }
 
   if (!DynamicSec) {
     DynamicTable = createDRIFrom(DynamicPhdr, sizeof(Elf_Dyn));