diff --git a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Writer.cpp
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@
 
 // The main function of the writer.
 template <class ELFT> void Writer<ELFT>::run() {
-  if (config->discard != DiscardPolicy::All)
-    copyLocalSymbols();
+  copyLocalSymbols();
 
   if (config->copyRelocs)
     addSectionSymbols();
@@ -650,6 +649,9 @@
   if (config->emitRelocs)
     return true;
 
+  if (config->discard == DiscardPolicy::All)
+    return false;
+
   // In ELF assembly .L symbols are normally discarded by the assembler.
   // If the assembler fails to do so, the linker discards them if
   // * --discard-locals is used.
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-discard-locals.s b/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-discard-locals.s
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/emit-relocs-discard-locals.s
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+## Test that --emit-relocs keeps local symbols and overrids --discard-{locals,all}.
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 -save-temp-labels %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld --emit-relocs --discard-locals %t.o -o %tlocal
+# RUN: llvm-nm %tlocal | FileCheck --check-prefixes=NM,NM_NOGC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %tlocal | FileCheck --check-prefix=REL %s
+# RUN: ld.lld --emit-relocs --discard-locals --gc-sections %t.o -o %tlocal.gc
+# RUN: llvm-nm %tlocal.gc | FileCheck --check-prefix=NM %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %tlocal | FileCheck --check-prefix=REL %s
+
+# RUN: ld.lld --emit-relocs --discard-all %t.o -o %tall
+# RUN: llvm-nm %tall | FileCheck --check-prefixes=NM,NM_NOGC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %tall | FileCheck --check-prefix=REL %s
+
+## -r keeps symbols and relocations similar to --emit-relocs.
+# RUN: ld.lld -r --discard-locals %t.o -o %tlocal.ro
+# RUN: llvm-nm %tlocal.ro | FileCheck --check-prefixes=NM,NM_NOGC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %tlocal.ro | FileCheck --check-prefix=REL %s
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -r --discard-all %t.o -o %tall.ro
+# RUN: llvm-nm %tall.ro | FileCheck --check-prefixes=NM,NM_NOGC %s
+# RUN: llvm-readobj -r %tall.ro | FileCheck --check-prefix=REL %s
+
+# NM:           t .Lunused
+# NM_NOGC-NEXT: t .Lunused_gc
+# NM-NEXT:      t .Lused
+# NM-NEXT:      T _start
+# NM-NEXT:      t unused
+# NM_NOGC-NEXT: t unused_gc
+# NM-NEXT:      t used
+
+# REL:      .rela.text {
+# REL-NEXT:   R_X86_64_PLT32 .Lused 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC
+# REL-NEXT:   R_X86_64_PLT32 used 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFC
+# REL-NEXT: }
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  jmp .Lused@plt
+  call used@plt
+
+.Lunused:
+.Lused:
+unused:
+used:
+
+.section unreferenced,"ax"
+.Lunused_gc:
+unused_gc: