diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRObjectFile.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRObjectFile.h
index b650d5d32934..10ea05ddf1f7 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRObjectFile.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Object/IRObjectFile.h
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ public:
   std::error_code printSymbolName(raw_ostream &OS,
                                   DataRefImpl Symb) const override;
   uint32_t getSymbolFlags(DataRefImpl Symb) const override;
-  const GlobalValue *getSymbolGV(DataRefImpl Symb) const;
+  GlobalValue *getSymbolGV(DataRefImpl Symb);
+  const GlobalValue *getSymbolGV(DataRefImpl Symb) const {
+    return const_cast<IRObjectFile *>(this)->getSymbolGV(Symb);
+  }
   basic_symbol_iterator symbol_begin_impl() const override;
   basic_symbol_iterator symbol_end_impl() const override;
 
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ public:
   Module &getModule() {
     return *M;
   }
+  std::unique_ptr<Module> takeModule() { return std::move(M); }
 
   static inline bool classof(const Binary *v) {
     return v->isIR();
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
index 7256a2fc0076..84b6c95f2c71 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/IRObjectFile.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ IRObjectFile::IRObjectFile(MemoryBufferRef Object, std::unique_ptr<Module> Mod)
 IRObjectFile::~IRObjectFile() {
  }
 
-static const GlobalValue *getGV(DataRefImpl &Symb) {
+static GlobalValue *getGV(DataRefImpl &Symb) {
   if ((Symb.p & 3) == 3)
     return nullptr;
 
@@ -235,10 +235,7 @@ uint32_t IRObjectFile::getSymbolFlags(DataRefImpl Symb) const {
   return Res;
 }
 
-const GlobalValue *IRObjectFile::getSymbolGV(DataRefImpl Symb) const {
-  const GlobalValue *GV = getGV(Symb);
-  return GV;
-}
+GlobalValue *IRObjectFile::getSymbolGV(DataRefImpl Symb) { return getGV(Symb); }
 
 basic_symbol_iterator IRObjectFile::symbol_begin_impl() const {
   Module::const_iterator I = M->begin();
diff --git a/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
index b7d8c5e14c68..972dbd323655 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ static const GlobalObject *getBaseObject(const GlobalValue &GV) {
   return cast<GlobalObject>(&GV);
 }
 
+static bool shouldSkip(uint32_t Symflags) {
+  if (!(Symflags & object::BasicSymbolRef::SF_Global))
+    return true;
+  if (Symflags & object::BasicSymbolRef::SF_FormatSpecific)
+    return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
 /// Called by gold to see whether this file is one that our plugin can handle.
 /// We'll try to open it and register all the symbols with add_symbol if
 /// possible.
@@ -318,10 +326,7 @@ static ld_plugin_status claim_file_hook(const ld_plugin_input_file *file,
 
   for (auto &Sym : Obj->symbols()) {
     uint32_t Symflags = Sym.getFlags();
-    if (!(Symflags & object::BasicSymbolRef::SF_Global))
-      continue;
-
-    if (Symflags & object::BasicSymbolRef::SF_FormatSpecific)
+    if (shouldSkip(Symflags))
       continue;
 
     cf.syms.push_back(ld_plugin_symbol());
@@ -556,40 +561,41 @@ getModuleForFile(LLVMContext &Context, claimed_file &F, raw_fd_ostream *ApiFile,
   if (get_view(F.handle, &View) != LDPS_OK)
     message(LDPL_FATAL, "Failed to get a view of file");
 
-  llvm::ErrorOr<MemoryBufferRef> MBOrErr =
-      object::IRObjectFile::findBitcodeInMemBuffer(
-          MemoryBufferRef(StringRef((const char *)View, File.filesize), ""));
-  if (std::error_code EC = MBOrErr.getError())
+  MemoryBufferRef BufferRef(StringRef((const char *)View, File.filesize), "");
+  ErrorOr<std::unique_ptr<object::IRObjectFile>> ObjOrErr =
+      object::IRObjectFile::createIRObjectFile(BufferRef, Context);
+
+  if (std::error_code EC = ObjOrErr.getError())
     message(LDPL_FATAL, "Could not read bitcode from file : %s",
             EC.message().c_str());
 
-  std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Buffer =
-      MemoryBuffer::getMemBuffer(MBOrErr->getBuffer(), "", false);
-
   if (release_input_file(F.handle) != LDPS_OK)
     message(LDPL_FATAL, "Failed to release file information");
 
-  ErrorOr<Module *> MOrErr = getLazyBitcodeModule(std::move(Buffer), Context);
+  object::IRObjectFile &Obj = **ObjOrErr;
 
-  if (std::error_code EC = MOrErr.getError())
-    message(LDPL_FATAL, "Could not read bitcode from file : %s",
-            EC.message().c_str());
-
-  std::unique_ptr<Module> M(MOrErr.get());
+  Module &M = Obj.getModule();
 
   SmallPtrSet<GlobalValue *, 8> Used;
-  collectUsedGlobalVariables(*M, Used, /*CompilerUsed*/ false);
+  collectUsedGlobalVariables(M, Used, /*CompilerUsed*/ false);
 
   DenseSet<GlobalValue *> Drop;
   std::vector<GlobalAlias *> KeptAliases;
-  for (ld_plugin_symbol &Sym : F.syms) {
+
+  unsigned SymNum = 0;
+  for (auto &ObjSym : Obj.symbols()) {
+    if (shouldSkip(ObjSym.getFlags()))
+      continue;
+    ld_plugin_symbol &Sym = F.syms[SymNum];
+    ++SymNum;
+
     ld_plugin_symbol_resolution Resolution =
         (ld_plugin_symbol_resolution)Sym.resolution;
 
     if (options::generate_api_file)
       *ApiFile << Sym.name << ' ' << getResolutionName(Resolution) << '\n';
 
-    GlobalValue *GV = M->getNamedValue(Sym.name);
+    GlobalValue *GV = Obj.getSymbolGV(ObjSym.getRawDataRefImpl());
     if (!GV)
       continue; // Asm symbol.
 
@@ -671,7 +677,7 @@ getModuleForFile(LLVMContext &Context, claimed_file &F, raw_fd_ostream *ApiFile,
   for (auto *GV : Drop)
     drop(*GV);
 
-  return M;
+  return Obj.takeModule();
 }
 
 static void runLTOPasses(Module &M, TargetMachine &TM) {