diff --git a/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
--- a/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/wasm/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@
     sym = symbols[reloc.Index];
 
     // We can end up with relocations against non-live symbols.  For example
-    // in debug sections. We return reloc.Addend because always returning zero
-    // causes the generation of spurious range-list terminators in the
-    // .debug_ranges section.
+    // in debug sections. We return -1 as a tombstone value so this will not
+    // produce a valid range conflicting with ranges of actual code.
+
     if ((isa<FunctionSymbol>(sym) || isa<DataSymbol>(sym)) && !sym->isLive())
-      return reloc.Addend;
+      return -1;
   }
 
   switch (reloc.Type) {