diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index b7170675c190..af8398290e67 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ uint64_t ExprValue::getSecAddr() const {
 }
 
 uint64_t ExprValue::getSectionOffset() const {
+  // If the alignment is trivial, we don't have to compute the full
+  // value to know the offset. This allows this function to succeed in
+  // cases where the output section is not yet known.
+  if (Alignment == 1)
+    return Val;
   return getValue() - getSecAddr();
 }
 
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/early-assign-symbol.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/early-assign-symbol.s
index e2e9175070ff..413724e113d5 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/early-assign-symbol.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/early-assign-symbol.s
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # REQUIRES: x86
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t.o
 
-# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { aaa = 1 + ABSOLUTE(foo - 1); .text  : { *(.text*) } }" > %t1.script
-# RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t1.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
-
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { aaa = ABSOLUTE(foo - 1) + 1; .text  : { *(.text*) } }" > %t2.script
 # RUN: not ld.lld -o %t --script %t2.script %t.o 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
@@ -12,9 +9,18 @@
 
 # CHECK: error: {{.*}}.script:1: unable to evaluate expression: input section .text has no output section assigned
 
-# Simple case that we can handle.
+# Simple cases that we can handle.
+
+# RUN: echo "SECTIONS { aaa = 1 + ABSOLUTE(foo - 1); .text  : { *(.text*) } }" > %t.script
+# RUN: ld.lld -o %t --script %t.script %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=VAL %s
+
 # RUN: echo "SECTIONS { aaa = ABSOLUTE(foo); .text  : { *(.text*) } }" > %t4.script
 # RUN: ld.lld -o %t --script %t4.script %t.o
+# RUN: llvm-objdump -t %t | FileCheck --check-prefix=VAL %s
+
+# VAL: 0000000000000000 .text 00000000 foo
+# VAL: 0000000000000000 *ABS* 00000000 aaa
 
 .section .text
 .globl foo