diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
index 2ce2780d4f22e..aa302dbe0a218 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCContext.h
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace llvm {
     MCSymbol *lookupSymbol(const Twine &Name) const;
 
     /// Set value for a symbol.
-    int setSymbolValue(MCStreamer &Streamer, std::string &I);
+    void setSymbolValue(MCStreamer &Streamer, StringRef Sym, uint64_t Val);
 
     /// getSymbols - Get a reference for the symbol table for clients that
     /// want to, for example, iterate over all symbols. 'const' because we
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
index afe8ee84918e3..8298aff928ccf 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCContext.cpp
@@ -260,20 +260,11 @@ MCSymbol *MCContext::lookupSymbol(const Twine &Name) const {
   return Symbols.lookup(NameRef);
 }
 
-int MCContext::setSymbolValue(MCStreamer &Streamer, std::string &I) {
-    auto Pair = StringRef(I).split('=');
-    if (Pair.second.empty()) {
-      errs() << "error: defsym must be of the form: sym=value: " << I << "\n";
-      return 1;
-    }
-    int64_t Value;
-    if (Pair.second.getAsInteger(0, Value)) {
-      errs() << "error: Value is not an integer: " << Pair.second << "\n";
-      return 1;
-    }
-    auto Symbol = getOrCreateSymbol(Pair.first);
-    Streamer.EmitAssignment(Symbol, MCConstantExpr::create(Value, *this));
-    return 0;
+void MCContext::setSymbolValue(MCStreamer &Streamer,
+                              StringRef Sym,
+                              uint64_t Val) {
+  auto Symbol = getOrCreateSymbol(Sym);
+  Streamer.EmitAssignment(Symbol, MCConstantExpr::create(Val, *this));
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
index 8a904a8ad7cc9..497fb1987764e 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-mc/llvm-mc.cpp
@@ -394,9 +394,22 @@ static int AsLexInput(SourceMgr &SrcMgr, MCAsmInfo &MAI,
 }
 
 static int fillCommandLineSymbols(MCAsmParser &Parser) {
-  for (auto &I: DefineSymbol)
-    if (Parser.getContext().setSymbolValue(Parser.getStreamer(), I))
+  for (auto &I: DefineSymbol) {
+    auto Pair = StringRef(I).split('=');
+    auto Sym = Pair.first;
+    auto Val = Pair.second;
+
+    if (Sym.empty() || Val.empty()) {
+      errs() << "error: defsym must be of the form: sym=value: " << I << "\n";
+      return 1;
+    }
+    int64_t Value;
+    if (Val.getAsInteger(0, Value)) {
+      errs() << "error: Value is not an integer: " << Val << "\n";
       return 1;
+    }
+    Parser.getContext().setSymbolValue(Parser.getStreamer(), Sym, Value);
+  }
   return 0;
 }