diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 0357357..f1a17b3 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -1493,7 +1493,10 @@
 
   while (!Error && !consume("}")) {
     StringRef Tok = next();
-    if (SymbolAssignment *Assignment = readProvideOrAssignment(Tok)) {
+    if (Tok == ";") {
+      // Commands may contain excessive additional semicolons around.
+      // We should be able to parse it.
+    } else if (SymbolAssignment *Assignment = readProvideOrAssignment(Tok)) {
       Cmd->Commands.emplace_back(Assignment);
     } else if (BytesDataCommand *Data = readBytesDataCommand(Tok)) {
       Cmd->Commands.emplace_back(Data);