diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index 64f688e1a964..7e3e1bbbb8a7 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ ELFData<ELFT>::getSymbolsHelper(bool Local) {
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> void ELFData<ELFT>::initStringTable() {
+  if (!Symtab)
+    return;
   ErrorOr<StringRef> StringTableOrErr = ELFObj.getStringTableForSymtab(*Symtab);
   error(StringTableOrErr.getError());
   StringTable = *StringTableOrErr;
diff --git a/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/no-symtab.o b/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/no-symtab.o
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7368ba280d79
Binary files /dev/null and b/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/no-symtab.o differ
diff --git a/lld/test/elf2/no-symtab.s b/lld/test/elf2/no-symtab.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47a5f0ad6180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/elf2/no-symtab.s
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-pc-linux %s -o %t.o
+// RUN: lld -flavor gnu2 %t.o %p/Inputs/no-symtab.o -o %t
+.global _start
+_start: