diff --git a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
index 4ba6523..3fb8e53 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Object/MachOObjectFile.cpp
@@ -332,8 +332,7 @@
   MachO::nlist_base Entry = getSymbolTableEntryBase(this, Symb);
   const char *Start = &StringTable.data()[Entry.n_strx];
   if (Start < getData().begin() || Start >= getData().end())
-    report_fatal_error(
-        "Symbol name entry points before beginning or past end of file.");
+    return object_error::parse_failed;
   return StringRef(Start);
 }