diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.h b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.h
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
   void setError(const Twine &msg);
   void tokenize(MemoryBufferRef mb);
-  static StringRef skipSpace(StringRef s);
+  StringRef skipSpace(StringRef s);
   bool atEOF();
   StringRef next();
   StringRef peek();
diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     if (s.startswith("/*")) {
       size_t e = s.find("*/", 2);
       if (e == StringRef::npos) {
-        error("unclosed comment in a linker script");
+        setError("unclosed comment in a linker script");
         return "";
       }
       s = s.substr(e + 2);
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/diag6.test b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/diag6.test
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/diag6.test
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/diag6.test
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 SECTIONS /*
 
-CHECK: error: unclosed comment in a linker script
+CHECK: error: {{.*}}diag6.test:1: unclosed comment in a linker script