diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/lto/resolution-err.ll b/lld/test/ELF/lto/resolution-err.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/lto/resolution-err.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+; UNSUPPORTED: system-windows
+; REQUIRES: shell
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t.bc
+; RUN: touch %t.resolution.txt
+; RUN: chmod -w %t.resolution.txt
+; RUN: not ld.lld -save-temps %t.bc -o %t 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: rm -f %t.resolution.txt
+
+; CHECK: error: {{[Pp]}}ermission denied{{$}}
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+define void @_start() {
+  ret void
+}
diff --git a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/LTO/LTOBackend.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,10 @@
   std::error_code EC;
   ResolutionFile = std::make_unique<raw_fd_ostream>(
       OutputFileName + "resolution.txt", EC, sys::fs::OpenFlags::OF_Text);
-  if (EC)
+  if (EC) {
+    ResolutionFile.reset();
     return errorCodeToError(EC);
+  }
 
   auto setHook = [&](std::string PathSuffix, ModuleHookFn &Hook) {
     // Keep track of the hook provided by the linker, which also needs to run.