diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index eeb6dc278be0..223218f40843 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -886,8 +886,9 @@ void ScriptParser::readPhdrs() {
 
 void ScriptParser::readSearchDir() {
   expect("(");
+  StringRef Tok = next();
   if (!Config->Nostdlib)
-    Config->SearchPaths.push_back(next());
+    Config->SearchPaths.push_back(Tok);
   expect(")");
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/libsearch.s b/lld/test/ELF/libsearch.s
index 98512cdfd636..309fa996b550 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/libsearch.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/libsearch.s
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@
 // -nostdlib
 // RUN: echo 'SEARCH_DIR(' %t.dir ')' > %t.script
 // RUN: ld.lld -o %t3 %t.o -script %t.script -lls
-// RUN: not ld.lld -o %t3 %t.o -script %t.script -lls -nostdlib
+// RUN: not ld.lld -o %t3 %t.o -script %t.script -lls -nostdlib \
+// RUN:   2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=NOSTDLIB %s
+// NOSTDLIB: unable to find library -lls
 
 .globl _start,_bar
 _start: