diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 51efa2e..5618abd 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
   // '.' is assigned to, but creating these section should not have any bad
   // consequeces and gives us a section to put the symbol in.
   uintX_t Flags = SHF_ALLOC;
-  uint32_t Type = 0;
+  uint32_t Type = SHT_NOBITS;
   for (const std::unique_ptr<BaseCommand> &Base : Opt.Commands) {
     auto *Cmd = dyn_cast<OutputSectionCommand>(Base.get());
     if (!Cmd)