diff --git a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
index 24e3e400266f..b4dc1e65ec29 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ template <class ELFT>
 GotPltSection<ELFT>::GotPltSection()
     : SyntheticSection<ELFT>(SHF_ALLOC | SHF_WRITE, SHT_PROGBITS,
                              Target->GotPltEntrySize, ".got.plt") {
-  this->Live = true;
 }
 
 template <class ELFT> void GotPltSection<ELFT>::addEntry(SymbolBody &Sym) {
diff --git a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.h b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
index 756d19876549..f41a18f2494f 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.h
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ public:
   SyntheticSection(uintX_t Flags, uint32_t Type, uintX_t Addralign,
                    StringRef Name)
       : InputSection<ELFT>(Flags, Type, Addralign, ArrayRef<uint8_t>(), Name,
-                           InputSectionData::Synthetic) {}
+                           InputSectionData::Synthetic) {
+    this->Live = true;
+  }
 
   virtual void writeTo(uint8_t *Buf) = 0;
   virtual size_t getSize() const { return this->Data.size(); }