diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/fail-file-open.test b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/fail-file-open.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1136e1dbce5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/fail-file-open.test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# RUN: not llvm-reduce --test=echo %s.NotAFileInTestingDir 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+This file will not be read. An invalid file path is fed to llvm-reduce.
+
+# CHECK: llvm-reduce: {{.*}}.NotAFileInTestingDir: error:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
index 5a00ef0ed8c70..614ca45144c25 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/llvm-reduce.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ int main(int Argc, char **Argv) {
   std::unique_ptr<Module> OriginalProgram =
       parseInputFile(InputFilename, Context);
 
+  if (!OriginalProgram) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
   // Initialize test environment
   TestRunner Tester(TestFilename, TestArguments);
   Tester.setProgram(std::move(OriginalProgram));