diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
index 3a25e3f..4ccc67c 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-objcopy/llvm-objcopy.cpp
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@
       // Keep special sections.
       if (Obj.SectionNames == &Sec)
         return false;
-      if (Obj.SymbolTable == &Sec || Obj.SymbolTable->getStrTab() == &Sec)
+      if (Obj.SymbolTable == &Sec ||
+          (Obj.SymbolTable && Obj.SymbolTable->getStrTab() == &Sec))
         return false;
 
       // Remove everything else.
@@ -421,7 +422,7 @@
   // (equivalently, the updated symbol table is not empty)
   // the symbol table and the string table should not be removed.
   if ((!Config.SymbolsToKeep.empty() || Config.KeepFileSymbols) &&
-      !Obj.SymbolTable->empty()) {
+      Obj.SymbolTable && !Obj.SymbolTable->empty()) {
     RemovePred = [&Obj, RemovePred](const SectionBase &Sec) {
       if (&Sec == Obj.SymbolTable || &Sec == Obj.SymbolTable->getStrTab())
         return false;