diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index dda18aa8a4c4..d9630790e2c7 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ typename ELFT::SymRange ELFFileBase<ELFT>::getElfSymbols(bool OnlyGlobals) {
   Elf_Sym_Range Syms = ELFObj.symbols(Symtab);
   uint32_t NumSymbols = std::distance(Syms.begin(), Syms.end());
   uint32_t FirstNonLocal = Symtab->sh_info;
-  if (FirstNonLocal > NumSymbols)
+  if (FirstNonLocal == 0 || FirstNonLocal > NumSymbols)
     fatal(getFilename(this) + ": invalid sh_info in symbol table");
 
   if (OnlyGlobals)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/Inputs/symtab-sh_info2.elf b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/Inputs/symtab-sh_info2.elf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fea12cf2033
Binary files /dev/null and b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/Inputs/symtab-sh_info2.elf differ
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/symtab-sh-info.s b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/symtab-sh-info.s
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..727639f4910d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/symtab-sh-info.s
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+## sh_info contains zero value. First entry in a symbol table is always completely zeroed,
+## so sh_info should be at least 1 in a valid ELF.
+# RUN: not ld.lld %p/Inputs/symtab-sh_info2.elf -o %t2 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+# CHECK: invalid sh_info in symbol table