diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp
@@ -5108,10 +5108,10 @@
       return {"AMDGPU Metadata", "Invalid AMDGPU Metadata"};
 
     AMDGPU::HSAMD::V3::MetadataVerifier Verifier(true);
+    std::string HSAMetadataString;
     if (!Verifier.verify(MsgPackDoc.getRoot()))
-      return {"AMDGPU Metadata", "Invalid AMDGPU Metadata"};
+      HSAMetadataString = "Invalid AMDGPU Metadata\n";
 
-    std::string HSAMetadataString;
     raw_string_ostream StrOS(HSAMetadataString);
     MsgPackDoc.toYAML(StrOS);