diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index eecbe9c..ec3f282 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -84,29 +84,28 @@
   return Sym->body();
 }
 
-OutputSection *LinkerScript::getOutputSection(const Twine &Loc,
-                                              StringRef Name) {
-  for (OutputSection *Sec : *OutputSections)
-    if (Sec->Name == Name)
-      return Sec;
-
-  static OutputSection Dummy("", 0, 0);
-  if (ErrorOnMissingSection)
-    error(Loc + ": undefined section " + Name);
-  return &Dummy;
+OutputSectionCommand *
+LinkerScript::createOutputSectionCommand(StringRef Name, StringRef Location) {
+  OutputSectionCommand *&CmdRef = NameToOutputSectionCommand[Name];
+  OutputSectionCommand *Cmd;
+  if (CmdRef && CmdRef->Location.empty()) {
+    // There was a forward reference.
+    Cmd = CmdRef;
+  } else {
+    Cmd = make<OutputSectionCommand>(Name);
+    if (!CmdRef)
+      CmdRef = Cmd;
+  }
+  Cmd->Location = Location;
+  return Cmd;
 }
 
-// This function is essentially the same as getOutputSection(Name)->Size,
-// but it won't print out an error message if a given section is not found.
-//
-// Linker script does not create an output section if its content is empty.
-// We want to allow SIZEOF(.foo) where .foo is a section which happened to
-// be empty. That is why this function is different from getOutputSection().
-uint64_t LinkerScript::getOutputSectionSize(StringRef Name) {
-  for (OutputSection *Sec : *OutputSections)
-    if (Sec->Name == Name)
-      return Sec->Size;
-  return 0;
+OutputSectionCommand *
+LinkerScript::getOrCreateOutputSectionCommand(StringRef Name) {
+  OutputSectionCommand *&CmdRef = NameToOutputSectionCommand[Name];
+  if (!CmdRef)
+    CmdRef = make<OutputSectionCommand>(Name);
+  return CmdRef;
 }
 
 void LinkerScript::setDot(Expr E, const Twine &Loc, bool InSec) {
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@
   // For each OutputSection that needs a VA fabricate an OutputSectionCommand
   // with an InputSectionDescription describing the InputSections
   for (OutputSection *Sec : *OutputSections) {
-    auto *OSCmd = make<OutputSectionCommand>(Sec->Name);
+    auto *OSCmd = createOutputSectionCommand(Sec->Name, "<internal>");
     OSCmd->Sec = Sec;
     SecToCommand[Sec] = OSCmd;
 
@@ -843,7 +842,7 @@
     // representations agree on which input sections to use.
     OutputSectionCommand *Cmd = getCmd(Sec);
     if (!Cmd) {
-      Cmd = make<OutputSectionCommand>(Name);
+      Cmd = createOutputSectionCommand(Name, "<internal>");
       Opt.Commands.insert(CmdIter, Cmd);
       ++CmdIndex;