diff --git a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
index 13d7b7eb0c25..5d8b091b54bd 100644
--- a/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
+++ b/lld/lib/Driver/WinLinkDriver.cpp
@@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ WinLinkDriver::parse(int argc, const char *argv[], PECOFFLinkingContext &ctx,
   // has already done.
   if (isReadingDirectiveSection)
     for (auto &e : inputElements)
-      if (error_code ec = e->parse(ctx, diagnostics))
-        return ec;
+      if (e->parse(ctx, diagnostics))
+        return false;
 
   // Add the input files to the input graph.
   if (!ctx.hasInputGraph())
diff --git a/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/PECOFF/ReaderCOFF.cpp b/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/PECOFF/ReaderCOFF.cpp
index 58baeb7b9fa6..36437ee0f3a0 100644
--- a/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/PECOFF/ReaderCOFF.cpp
+++ b/lld/lib/ReaderWriter/PECOFF/ReaderCOFF.cpp
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ private:
   //
   // The section mainly contains /defaultlib (-l in Unix), but can contain any
   // options as long as they are valid.
-  void handleDirectiveSection(StringRef directives) const {
+  error_code handleDirectiveSection(StringRef directives) const {
     DEBUG({
       llvm::dbgs() << ".drectve: " << directives << "\n";
     });
@@ -790,13 +790,13 @@ private:
 
     // Print error message if error.
     if (parseFailed) {
-      auto msg =
-          Twine("Failed to parse '") + directives + "': " + errorMessage + "\n";
-      llvm::report_fatal_error(msg);
+      llvm::errs() << "Failed to parse '" << directives << "'\n";
+      return make_error_code(llvm::object::object_error::invalid_file_type);
     }
     if (!errorMessage.empty()) {
       llvm::errs() << "lld warning: " << errorMessage << "\n";
     }
+    return error_code::success();
   }
 
   //
@@ -919,7 +919,8 @@ private:
     // Interpret .drectve section if the section has contents.
     StringRef directives = file->getLinkerDirectives();
     if (!directives.empty())
-      handleDirectiveSection(directives);
+      if (error_code ec = handleDirectiveSection(directives))
+        return ec;
 
     result.push_back(std::move(file));
     return error_code::success();
diff --git a/lld/test/pecoff/Inputs/unknown-drectve.obj.yaml b/lld/test/pecoff/Inputs/unknown-drectve.obj.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea97eb8699cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/pecoff/Inputs/unknown-drectve.obj.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+---
+header:
+  Machine:         IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386
+  Characteristics: [  ]
+sections:
+  - Name:            .text
+    Characteristics: [ IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ ]
+    Alignment:       16
+    SectionData:     558BEC56FF15000000008B0D000000008B3103F0FF150000000003C65E5DC3
+  - Name:            .drectve
+    Characteristics: [ IMAGE_SCN_LNK_INFO, IMAGE_SCN_LNK_REMOVE ]
+    Alignment:       2147483648
+
+    # /nosuchoption:foobar
+    SectionData:     2f6e6f737563686f7074696f6e3a666f6f62617200
+
+symbols:
+  - Name:            .text
+    Value:           0
+    SectionNumber:   1
+    SimpleType:      IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_NULL
+    ComplexType:     IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_NULL
+    StorageClass:    IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_STATIC
+    NumberOfAuxSymbols: 1
+    AuxiliaryData:   1F000000030000008C7450D6000000000000
+  - Name:            .drectve
+    Value:           0
+    SectionNumber:   2
+    SimpleType:      IMAGE_SYM_TYPE_NULL
+    ComplexType:     IMAGE_SYM_DTYPE_NULL
+    StorageClass:    IMAGE_SYM_CLASS_STATIC
+    NumberOfAuxSymbols: 1
+    AuxiliaryData:   0D0000000000000000000000000000000000
+...
diff --git a/lld/test/pecoff/unknown-drectve.test b/lld/test/pecoff/unknown-drectve.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..341cc9202ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/pecoff/unknown-drectve.test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# RUN: yaml2obj %p/Inputs/unknown-drectve.obj.yaml > %t.obj
+#
+# RUN: not lld -flavor link /out:%t.exe -- %t.obj >& %t.log
+# RUN: FileCheck -check-prefix=ERROR %s < %t.log
+
+ERROR: Failed to parse '/nosuchoption:foobar'