diff --git a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index 34197cf..13aaeba 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
   /// }
 
 private:
+  void CheckForValidSection();
+
   bool ParseStatement();
 
   bool HandleMacroEntry(StringRef Name, SMLoc NameLoc, const Macro *M);
@@ -399,6 +401,16 @@
   return HadError;
 }
 
+void AsmParser::CheckForValidSection() {
+  if (!getStreamer().getCurrentSection()) {
+    TokError("expected section directive before assembly directive");
+    Out.SwitchSection(Ctx.getMachOSection(
+                        "__TEXT", "__text",
+                        MCSectionMachO::S_ATTR_PURE_INSTRUCTIONS,
+                        0, SectionKind::getText()));
+  }
+}
+
 /// EatToEndOfStatement - Throw away the rest of the line for testing purposes.
 void AsmParser::EatToEndOfStatement() {
   while (Lexer.isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement) &&
@@ -759,6 +771,8 @@
   // See what kind of statement we have.
   switch (Lexer.getKind()) {
   case AsmToken::Colon: {
+    CheckForValidSection();
+
     // identifier ':'   -> Label.
     Lex();
 
@@ -911,6 +925,8 @@
     return false;
   }
 
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   // Canonicalize the opcode to lower case.
   SmallString<128> Opcode;
   for (unsigned i = 0, e = IDVal.size(); i != e; ++i)
@@ -1238,6 +1254,8 @@
 ///   ::= ( .ascii | .asciz ) [ "string" ( , "string" )* ]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveAscii(bool ZeroTerminated) {
   if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement)) {
+    CheckForValidSection();
+
     for (;;) {
       if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::String))
         return TokError("expected string in '.ascii' or '.asciz' directive");
@@ -1269,6 +1287,8 @@
 ///  ::= (.byte | .short | ... ) [ expression (, expression)* ]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveValue(unsigned Size) {
   if (getLexer().isNot(AsmToken::EndOfStatement)) {
+    CheckForValidSection();
+
     for (;;) {
       const MCExpr *Value;
       SMLoc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED StartLoc = getLexer().getLoc();
@@ -1298,6 +1318,8 @@
 /// ParseDirectiveSpace
 ///  ::= .space expression [ , expression ]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveSpace() {
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   int64_t NumBytes;
   if (ParseAbsoluteExpression(NumBytes))
     return true;
@@ -1329,6 +1351,8 @@
 /// ParseDirectiveFill
 ///  ::= .fill expression , expression , expression
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveFill() {
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   int64_t NumValues;
   if (ParseAbsoluteExpression(NumValues))
     return true;
@@ -1366,6 +1390,8 @@
 /// ParseDirectiveOrg
 ///  ::= .org expression [ , expression ]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveOrg() {
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   const MCExpr *Offset;
   if (ParseExpression(Offset))
     return true;
@@ -1396,6 +1422,8 @@
 /// ParseDirectiveAlign
 ///  ::= {.align, ...} expression [ , expression [ , expression ]]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveAlign(bool IsPow2, unsigned ValueSize) {
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   SMLoc AlignmentLoc = getLexer().getLoc();
   int64_t Alignment;
   if (ParseAbsoluteExpression(Alignment))
@@ -1560,6 +1588,8 @@
 /// ParseDirectiveComm
 ///  ::= ( .comm | .lcomm ) identifier , size_expression [ , align_expression ]
 bool AsmParser::ParseDirectiveComm(bool IsLocal) {
+  CheckForValidSection();
+
   SMLoc IDLoc = getLexer().getLoc();
   StringRef Name;
   if (ParseIdentifier(Name))
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/dash-n.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/dash-n.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6243a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/dash-n.s
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// RUN: not llvm-mc -n -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s 2> %t
+// RUN: FileCheck < %t %s
+
+.globl a
+// CHECK: error: expected section directive before assembly directive
+.long 0
+