diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 class ProcessDebugger {
 
 public:
+  virtual ~ProcessDebugger();
+
   virtual void OnExitProcess(uint32_t exit_code);
   virtual void OnDebuggerConnected(lldb::addr_t image_base);
   virtual ExceptionResult OnDebugException(bool first_chance,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessDebugger.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
 
 namespace lldb_private {
 
+ProcessDebugger::~ProcessDebugger() {}
+
 lldb::pid_t ProcessDebugger::GetDebuggedProcessId() const {
   if (m_session_data)
     return m_session_data->m_debugger->GetProcess().GetProcessId();
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/Windows/Common/ProcessWindows.cpp
@@ -625,16 +625,7 @@
   SetProcessExitStatus(GetID(), true, 0, exit_code);
   SetPrivateState(eStateExited);
 
-  // If the process exits before any initial stop then notify the debugger
-  // of the error otherwise WaitForDebuggerConnection() will be blocked.
-  // An example of this issue is when a process fails to load a dependent DLL.
-  if (m_session_data && !m_session_data->m_initial_stop_received) {
-    Status error(exit_code, eErrorTypeWin32);
-    OnDebuggerError(error, 0);
-  }
-
-  // Reset the session.
-  m_session_data.reset();
+  ProcessDebugger::OnExitProcess(exit_code);
 }
 
 void ProcessWindows::OnDebuggerConnected(lldb::addr_t image_base) {
diff --git a/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml b/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/test/Shell/Process/Windows/launch_failure.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+## Test that we don't crash when the process fails to launch before reaching
+## the initial stop. This test exe has a dependency on NonExistent.dll.
+
+# REQUIRES: system-windows
+# REQUIRES: native && target-x86_64
+
+# RUN: yaml2obj %s > %t.exe
+# RUN: %lldb %t.exe -o run 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: error: process launch failed: unknown error
+
+--- !COFF
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+  FileAlignment:   512
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