diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 23d0e28324c0..20ad41659f48 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/ELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -655,12 +655,6 @@ void ELFObjectWriter::recordRelocation(MCAssembler &Asm,
       return;
     }
 
-    if (::isWeak(SymB)) {
-      Ctx.reportError(Fixup.getLoc(),
-                      "Cannot represent a subtraction with a weak symbol");
-      return;
-    }
-
     uint64_t SymBOffset = Layout.getSymbolOffset(SymB);
     uint64_t K = SymBOffset - FixupOffset;
     IsPCRel = true;
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/error-location.s b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/error-location.s
index 02504368f004..c629e0a50de8 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/error-location.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/error-location.s
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 // CHECK: :[[@LINE+1]]:{{[0-9]+}}: error: Cannot represent a difference across sections
   .word x_a - y_a
 
-// CHECK: :[[@LINE+1]]:{{[0-9]+}}: error: Cannot represent a subtraction with a weak symbol
-  .word a - w
-
 // CHECK: <unknown>:0: error: expression could not be evaluated
   .set v1, -undef
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ARM/error-location.s b/llvm/test/MC/ARM/error-location.s
index 112acf318ed3..2f70f294b57d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/ARM/error-location.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ARM/error-location.s
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 @ CHECK: :[[@LINE+1]]:{{[0-9]+}}: error: Cannot represent a difference across sections
   .word x_a - y_a
 
-@ CHECK: :[[@LINE+1]]:{{[0-9]+}}: error: Cannot represent a subtraction with a weak symbol
-  .word a - w
-
 @ CHECK: <unknown>:0: error: expression could not be evaluated
   .set v1, -undef
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation.s b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation.s
index 0fec76792818..e0313904563a 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/ELF/relocation.s
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ pr24486:
         .code16
         call pr23771
 
+        .weak weak_sym
+weak_sym:
+        .long  pr23272-weak_sym
+
+
 // CHECK:        Section {
 // CHECK:          Name: .rela.text
 // CHECK:          Relocations [
@@ -101,5 +106,6 @@ pr24486:
 // CHECK-NEXT:       0xDC R_X86_64_PLT32 foo 0x0
 // CHECK-NEXT:       0xF0 R_X86_64_32 .text 0xF0
 // CHECK-NEXT:       0xF5 R_X86_64_PC16 pr23771 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE
+// CHECK-NEXT:       0xF7 R_X86_64_PC32 pr23272 0x0
 // CHECK-NEXT:     ]
 // CHECK-NEXT:   }