diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSection.h b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSection.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSection.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSection.h
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@
   /// file contents.
   virtual bool isVirtualSection() const = 0;
 
+  virtual const char *getVirtualSectionKind() const { return "virtual"; }
+
   /// Add a pending label for the requested subsection. This label will be
   /// associated with a fragment in flushPendingLabels()
   void addPendingLabel(MCSymbol* label, unsigned Subsection = 0);
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCSectionELF.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
                             const MCExpr *Subsection) const override;
   bool UseCodeAlign() const override;
   bool isVirtualSection() const override;
+  const char *getVirtualSectionKind() const override;
 
   bool isUnique() const { return UniqueID != NonUniqueID; }
   unsigned getUniqueID() const { return UniqueID; }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCAssembler.cpp
@@ -687,10 +687,12 @@
         for (unsigned i = 0, e = DF.getContents().size(); i != e; ++i)
           if (DF.getContents()[i]) {
             if (auto *ELFSec = dyn_cast<const MCSectionELF>(Sec))
-              report_fatal_error("non-zero initializer found in section '" +
-                  ELFSec->getSectionName() + "'");
+              getContext().reportError(
+                  SMLoc(), "non-zero initializer found in section '" +
+                               ELFSec->getSectionName() + "'");
             else
-              report_fatal_error("non-zero initializer found in virtual section");
+              getContext().reportError(
+                  SMLoc(), "non-zero initializer found in virtual section");
           }
         break;
       }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCObjectStreamer.cpp
@@ -367,6 +367,13 @@
 
 void MCObjectStreamer::emitInstruction(const MCInst &Inst,
                                        const MCSubtargetInfo &STI) {
+  MCSection &Sec = *getCurrentSectionOnly();
+  if (Sec.isVirtualSection()) {
+    getContext().reportError(Inst.getLoc(),
+                             Twine(Sec.getVirtualSectionKind()) +
+                                 " section cannot have instructions");
+    return;
+  }
   getAssembler().getBackend().emitInstructionBegin(*this, Inst);
   emitInstructionImpl(Inst, STI);
   getAssembler().getBackend().emitInstructionEnd(*this, Inst);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp
@@ -196,3 +196,7 @@
 bool MCSectionELF::isVirtualSection() const {
   return getType() == ELF::SHT_NOBITS;
 }
+
+const char *MCSectionELF::getVirtualSectionKind() const {
+  return "SHT_NOBITS";
+}
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/ARM/bss-non-zero-value.s b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/ARM/bss-non-zero-value.s
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/ARM/bss-non-zero-value.s
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// RUN: not --crash llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple arm-linux-gnu %s -o %t 2>%t.out
-// RUN: FileCheck --input-file=%t.out %s
-// CHECK: non-zero initializer found in section '.bss'
-	.bss
-	.globl	a
-	.align	2
-a:
-	.long	1
-	.size	a, 4
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/nobits-non-zero-value.s b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/nobits-non-zero-value.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/nobits-non-zero-value.s
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# RUN: not llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 %s -o /dev/null 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+## -filetype=asm does not check the error.
+# RUN: llvm-mc -triple=x86_64 %s
+
+.section .tbss,"aw",@nobits
+# MCRelaxableFragment
+# CHECK: {{.*}}.s:[[#@LINE+1]]:3: error: SHT_NOBITS section cannot have instructions
+  jmp foo
+
+.bss
+# CHECK: {{.*}}.s:[[#@LINE+1]]:3: error: SHT_NOBITS section cannot have instructions
+  addb %al,(%rax)
+
+# CHECK: <unknown>:0: error: non-zero initializer found in section '.bss'
+  .long 1
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/X86/reloc-bss.s b/llvm/test/MC/X86/reloc-bss.s
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/X86/reloc-bss.s
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# RUN: not --crash llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-linux-gnu %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-# CHECK: LLVM ERROR: cannot have fixups in virtual section!
-
-.section        .init_array,"awT",@nobits
-
-.hidden patatino
-.globl  patatino
-patatino:
-  movl __init_array_start, %eax