diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index 364b38836129..2905f992f3bd 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static bool shouldMerge(const typename ELFFile<ELFT>::Elf_Shdr &Sec) {
   if (Flags & SHF_WRITE)
     error("Writable SHF_MERGE sections are not supported");
   uintX_t EntSize = Sec.sh_entsize;
-  if (Sec.sh_size % EntSize)
+  if (!EntSize || Sec.sh_size % EntSize)
     error("SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize");
 
   // Don't try to merge if the aligment is larger than the sh_entsize.
diff --git a/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf b/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fa7df245619
Binary files /dev/null and b/lld/test/elf2/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf differ
diff --git a/lld/test/elf2/invalid-elf.test b/lld/test/elf2/invalid-elf.test
index 1b5b608e7075..98c2de39df75 100644
--- a/lld/test/elf2/invalid-elf.test
+++ b/lld/test/elf2/invalid-elf.test
@@ -23,4 +23,8 @@
 # RUN: not ld.lld2 %p/Inputs/invalid-shstrndx.so -o %t2 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SECTION-INDEX %s
 
+# RUN: not ld.lld2 %p/Inputs/invalid-shentsize-zero.elf -o %t2 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:   FileCheck --check-prefix=INVALID-SHENTSIZE-ZERO %s
+# INVALID-SHENTSIZE-ZERO: SHF_MERGE section size must be a multiple of sh_entsize
+
 .long foo