diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/basic.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/basic.test
--- a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/basic.test
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-readobj/basic.test
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@
 RUN: llvm-readobj --all %t.a 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NO-OUTPUT --allow-empty %s
 NO-OUTPUT-NOT: {{.}}
 
+## Test we report a meaningful warning for bitcode files.
+## Check we try to continue dumping other files.
+
+## Note: 'echo -e -n "\x42\x43\xc0\xde" > %t.bc.1' simply doesn't work properly on windows.
+## It has an issue with writing of the 2 last bytes and emits different data instead.
+## echo.exe from GnuWin32 works properly though, but using of python is a more stable way.
+RUN: %python -c "import os; open(r'%t.bc.1', 'wb').write(b'\x42\x43\xC0\xDE')"
+RUN: %python -c "import os; open(r'%t.bc.2', 'wb').write(b'\xDE\xC0\x17\x0B')"
+RUN: llvm-readelf %t.bc.1 %t.bc.2 2>&1 | \
+RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=BITCODE -DFILE1=%t.bc.1 -DFILE2=%t.bc.2 %s
+RUN: llvm-readobj %t.bc.1 %t.bc.2 2>&1 | \
+RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=BITCODE -DFILE1=%t.bc.1 -DFILE2=%t.bc.2 %s
+
+# BITCODE: warning: '[[FILE1]]': bitcode files are not supported{{$}}
+# BITCODE: warning: '[[FILE2]]': bitcode files are not supported{{$}}
+
 # Test case where switch it not recognised.
 RUN: not llvm-readobj --unknown-switch 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=UNKNOWN %s
 UNKNOWN: Unknown command line argument '--unknown-switch'
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
@@ -646,28 +646,43 @@
 
 /// Opens \a File and dumps it.
 static void dumpInput(StringRef File, ScopedPrinter &Writer) {
-  // Attempt to open the binary.
-  Expected<OwningBinary<Binary>> BinaryOrErr =
-      createBinary(File, /*Context=*/nullptr, /*InitContent=*/false);
+  ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer>> FileOrErr =
+      MemoryBuffer::getFileOrSTDIN(File, /*FileSize=*/-1,
+                                   /*RequiresNullTerminator=*/false);
+  if (std::error_code EC = FileOrErr.getError())
+    return reportError(errorCodeToError(EC), File);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> &Buffer = FileOrErr.get();
+  file_magic Type = identify_magic(Buffer->getBuffer());
+  if (Type == file_magic::bitcode) {
+    reportWarning(createStringError(errc::invalid_argument,
+                                    "bitcode files are not supported"),
+                  File);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Expected<std::unique_ptr<Binary>> BinaryOrErr = createBinary(
+      Buffer->getMemBufferRef(), /*Context=*/nullptr, /*InitContent=*/false);
   if (!BinaryOrErr)
     reportError(BinaryOrErr.takeError(), File);
-  Binary &Binary = *BinaryOrErr.get().getBinary();
 
-  if (Archive *Arc = dyn_cast<Archive>(&Binary))
+  std::unique_ptr<Binary> Bin = std::move(*BinaryOrErr);
+  if (Archive *Arc = dyn_cast<Archive>(Bin.get()))
     dumpArchive(Arc, Writer);
   else if (MachOUniversalBinary *UBinary =
-               dyn_cast<MachOUniversalBinary>(&Binary))
+               dyn_cast<MachOUniversalBinary>(Bin.get()))
     dumpMachOUniversalBinary(UBinary, Writer);
-  else if (ObjectFile *Obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile>(&Binary))
+  else if (ObjectFile *Obj = dyn_cast<ObjectFile>(Bin.get()))
     dumpObject(*Obj, Writer);
-  else if (COFFImportFile *Import = dyn_cast<COFFImportFile>(&Binary))
+  else if (COFFImportFile *Import = dyn_cast<COFFImportFile>(Bin.get()))
     dumpCOFFImportFile(Import, Writer);
-  else if (WindowsResource *WinRes = dyn_cast<WindowsResource>(&Binary))
+  else if (WindowsResource *WinRes = dyn_cast<WindowsResource>(Bin.get()))
     dumpWindowsResourceFile(WinRes, Writer);
   else
     llvm_unreachable("unrecognized file type");
 
-  CVTypes.Binaries.push_back(std::move(*BinaryOrErr));
+  CVTypes.Binaries.push_back(
+      OwningBinary<Binary>(std::move(Bin), std::move(Buffer)));
 }
 
 /// Registers aliases that should only be allowed by readobj.