diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-object-file.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-object-file.test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-ar/invalid-object-file.test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## Test that we get a proper error message with a file that is not a recognized object file.
+
+RUN: rm -f %t1.txt
+RUN: touch %t1.txt
+RUN: not llvm-ar sc %t1.txt 2>&1 > /dev/null | FileCheck %s
+
+CHECK: llvm-ar{{(.exe|.EXE)?}}: error: unable to load '{{[^']+}}': File too small to be an archive.
+CHECK-NOT: {{.}}
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-ar/llvm-ar.cpp
@@ -927,9 +927,7 @@
   if (!EC) {
     Error Err = Error::success();
     object::Archive Archive(Buf.get()->getMemBufferRef(), Err);
-    EC = errorToErrorCode(std::move(Err));
-    failIfError(EC,
-                "error loading '" + ArchiveName + "': " + EC.message() + "!");
+    failIfError(std::move(Err), "unable to load '" + ArchiveName + "'");
     if (Archive.isThin())
       CompareFullPath = true;
     performOperation(Operation, &Archive, std::move(Buf.get()), NewMembers);