diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
   bool timeTraceEnabled;
   bool tocOptimize;
   bool undefinedVersion;
-  bool unique = false;
+  bool unique;
   bool useAndroidRelrTags = false;
   bool warnBackrefs;
   bool warnCommon;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -680,22 +680,21 @@
 
   std::function<void(InputSectionBase *)> add;
   add = [&](InputSectionBase *s) {
-      if (s->isLive() && !s->parent) {
-        orphanSections.push_back(s);
-
-        StringRef name = getOutputSectionName(s);
-
-        if (config->unique) {
-          v.push_back(createSection(s, name));
-        } else if (OutputSection *sec = findByName(sectionCommands, name)) {
-          sec->recordSection(s);
-        } else {
-          if (OutputSection *os = addInputSec(map, s, name))
-            v.push_back(os);
-          assert(isa<MergeInputSection>(s) ||
-                  s->getOutputSection()->sectionIndex == UINT32_MAX);
-        }
+    if (s->isLive() && !s->parent) {
+      orphanSections.push_back(s);
+
+      StringRef name = getOutputSectionName(s);
+      if (config->unique) {
+        v.push_back(createSection(s, name));
+      } else if (OutputSection *sec = findByName(sectionCommands, name)) {
+        sec->recordSection(s);
+      } else {
+        if (OutputSection *os = addInputSec(map, s, name))
+          v.push_back(os);
+        assert(isa<MergeInputSection>(s) ||
+                s->getOutputSection()->sectionIndex == UINT32_MAX);
       }
+    }
 
   if (config->relocatable)
     for (InputSectionBase *depSec : s->dependentSections)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s b/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/unique-orphans.s
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@
 ## Test that --unique does not affect sections specified in output section descriptions.
 # RUN: echo 'SECTIONS { .foo : { *(.foo) }}' > %t.script
 # RUN: ld.lld %t.o -o %t2.elf -T %t.script --unique 
-# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t2.elf | FileCheck --check-prefix UNIQUE_SCRIPT %s
-# UNIQUE_SCRIPT: .foo
-# UNIQUE_SCRIPT-NOT: .foo
+# RUN: llvm-readelf -S %t2.elf | FileCheck --check-prefix SCRIPT %s
+# SCRIPT: .foo
+# SCRIPT-NOT: .foo