diff --git a/lld/MachO/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/MachO/InputFiles.cpp
index ed3e73e201c623..a426a8cea66ffe 100644
--- a/lld/MachO/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,11 @@ void ObjFile::parseSymbols(ArrayRef<structs::nlist_64> nList,
 
     const section_64 &sec = sectionHeaders[sym.n_sect - 1];
     SubsectionMap &subsecMap = subsections[sym.n_sect - 1];
-    assert(!subsecMap.empty());
+
+    // parseSections() may have chosen not to parse this section.
+    if (subsecMap.empty())
+      continue;
+
     uint64_t offset = sym.n_value - sec.addr;
 
     // If the input file does not use subsections-via-symbols, all symbols can
diff --git a/lld/MachO/SyntheticSections.cpp b/lld/MachO/SyntheticSections.cpp
index 49f5deffd00209..b38ffeacf27c6e 100644
--- a/lld/MachO/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/MachO/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ void SymtabSection::finalizeContents() {
   for (InputFile *file : inputFiles) {
     if (auto *objFile = dyn_cast<ObjFile>(file)) {
       for (Symbol *sym : objFile->symbols) {
+        if (sym == nullptr)
+          continue;
         // TODO: when we implement -dead_strip, we should filter out symbols
         // that belong to dead sections.
         if (auto *defined = dyn_cast<Defined>(sym)) {
diff --git a/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s b/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
index ad9dacc62804ec..09735feb5b2637 100644
--- a/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
+++ b/lld/test/MachO/stabs.s
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ Ldebug_info_end0:
 .subsections_via_symbols
 .section  __DWARF,__debug_line,regular,debug
 
+.section  __DWARF,__debug_aranges,regular,debug
+ltmp1:
+  .byte 0
+
 #--- no-debug.s
 ## This file has no debug info.
 .text