diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
index 2edb660..0a43775 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-readobj/llvm-readobj.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@
     return 1;
   }
 
-  ObjectFile *obj = ObjectFile::createObjectFile(File.take());
+  OwningPtr<ObjectFile> o(ObjectFile::createObjectFile(File.take()));
+  ObjectFile *obj = o.get();
   if (!obj) {
     errs() << InputFilename << ": Object type not recognized\n";
   }