diff --git a/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/RuntimeDyld.cpp b/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/RuntimeDyld.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/RuntimeDyld.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/RuntimeDyld.cpp
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
                         << " SID: " << SectionID
                         << " Offset: " << format("%p", (uintptr_t)Addr)
                         << " flags: " << *FlagsOrErr << "\n");
+      assert(!Name.empty()); // Should not enter an empty symbol
       GlobalSymbolTable[Name] = SymbolTableEntry(SectionID, Addr, *JITSymFlags);
     } else if (SymType == object::SymbolRef::ST_Function ||
                SymType == object::SymbolRef::ST_Data ||
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@
                         << " SID: " << SectionID
                         << " Offset: " << format("%p", (uintptr_t)SectOffset)
                         << " flags: " << *FlagsOrErr << "\n");
+      assert(!Name.empty()); // Should not enter an empty symbol
       GlobalSymbolTable[Name] =
           SymbolTableEntry(SectionID, SectOffset, *JITSymFlags);
     }
@@ -769,6 +771,7 @@
 
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Allocating common symbol " << Name << " address "
                       << format("%p", Addr) << "\n");
+    assert(!Name.empty()); // Should not enter an empty symbol
     GlobalSymbolTable[Name] =
         SymbolTableEntry(SectionID, Offset, std::move(*JITSymFlags));
     Offset += Size;
@@ -930,6 +933,8 @@
   if (Loc == GlobalSymbolTable.end()) {
     ExternalSymbolRelocations[SymbolName].push_back(RE);
   } else {
+    assert(!SymbolName.empty() &&
+           "Empty symbol should not be in GlobalSymbolTable");
     // Copy the RE since we want to modify its addend.
     RelocationEntry RECopy = RE;
     const auto &SymInfo = Loc->second;
@@ -1107,6 +1112,8 @@
         // New entries may have been added to the relocation list.
         i = ExternalSymbolRelocations.find(Name);
       } else {
+        assert(!Name.empty() &&
+               "Empty symbol should not be in GlobalSymbolTable");
         // We found the symbol in our global table.  It was probably in a
         // Module that we loaded previously.
         const auto &SymInfo = Loc->second;