diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/group.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/group.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/group.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/group.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t
-# RUN: llvm-objcopy --remove-section=.text.bar %t %t2
-# RUN: llvm-readobj --elf-section-groups %t2 | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --remove-section=.text.bar %t %t1
+# RUN: llvm-readobj --elf-section-groups %t1 | FileCheck %s
 
 # In this test the section .text.bar is getting removed, as a result, 
 # the indices of the sections which go after .text.bar will change, 
@@ -54,3 +54,27 @@
     Section:         .text.foo
     Size:            0x0000000000000000
     Binding:         STB_WEAK
+
+## This checks that tool will emit an error when trying to remove the symbol
+## table when we have a group section linked with symtab.
+# RUN: not llvm-objcopy -R .symtab %t %t2 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ERR -DINPUT=%t
+
+# ERR: error: '[[INPUT]]': section '.symtab' cannot be removed because it is referenced by the group section '.group'
+
+## The '.symtab' section could be removed using --allow-broken-links option.
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --allow-broken-links -R .symtab %t %t3
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --sections %t3 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SECTIONS
+
+# SECTIONS: There are 6 section headers
+# SECTIONS:      Name      Type   Address Off    Size   ES     Flg Lk Inf
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: NULL
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: .group    {{.+}} {{.+}}  {{.+}} {{.+}} {{.+}}     0  0
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: .text.bar
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: .text.foo
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: .strtab
+# SECTIONS-NEXT: .shstrtab
+
+## Show that llvm-objcopy can handle a group section with a zero sh_link and
+## sh_info fields.
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --allow-broken-links -R .symtab %t3 %t4
+# RUN: cmp %t3 %t4
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/ELF/Object.cpp
@@ -967,12 +967,22 @@
 }
 
 void GroupSection::finalize() {
-  this->Info = Sym->Index;
-  this->Link = SymTab->Index;
+  this->Info = Sym ? Sym->Index : 0;
+  this->Link = SymTab ? SymTab->Index : 0;
 }
 
 Error GroupSection::removeSectionReferences(
     bool AllowBrokenLinks, function_ref<bool(const SectionBase *)> ToRemove) {
+  if (ToRemove(SymTab)) {
+    if (!AllowBrokenLinks)
+      return createStringError(
+          llvm::errc::invalid_argument,
+          "section '.symtab' cannot be removed because it is "
+          "referenced by the group section '%s'",
+          this->Name.data());
+    SymTab = nullptr;
+    Sym = nullptr;
+  }
   llvm::erase_if(GroupMembers, ToRemove);
   return Error::success();
 }
@@ -1339,18 +1349,20 @@
     error("invalid alignment " + Twine(GroupSec->Align) + " of group section '" +
           GroupSec->Name + "'");
   SectionTableRef SecTable = Obj.sections();
-  auto SymTab = SecTable.template getSectionOfType<SymbolTableSection>(
-      GroupSec->Link,
-      "link field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Link) + "' in section '" +
-          GroupSec->Name + "' is invalid",
-      "link field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Link) + "' in section '" +
-          GroupSec->Name + "' is not a symbol table");
-  Symbol *Sym = SymTab->getSymbolByIndex(GroupSec->Info);
-  if (!Sym)
-    error("info field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Info) + "' in section '" +
-          GroupSec->Name + "' is not a valid symbol index");
-  GroupSec->setSymTab(SymTab);
-  GroupSec->setSymbol(Sym);
+  if (GroupSec->Link != SHN_UNDEF) {
+    auto SymTab = SecTable.template getSectionOfType<SymbolTableSection>(
+        GroupSec->Link,
+        "link field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Link) + "' in section '" +
+            GroupSec->Name + "' is invalid",
+        "link field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Link) + "' in section '" +
+            GroupSec->Name + "' is not a symbol table");
+    Symbol *Sym = SymTab->getSymbolByIndex(GroupSec->Info);
+    if (!Sym)
+      error("info field value '" + Twine(GroupSec->Info) + "' in section '" +
+            GroupSec->Name + "' is not a valid symbol index");
+    GroupSec->setSymTab(SymTab);
+    GroupSec->setSymbol(Sym);
+  }
   if (GroupSec->Contents.size() % sizeof(ELF::Elf32_Word) ||
       GroupSec->Contents.empty())
     error("the content of the section " + GroupSec->Name + " is malformed");