diff --git a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
index fdeed289d040..27b1c48ce3e5 100644
--- a/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/COFF/Driver.cpp
@@ -456,17 +456,11 @@ static void createImportLibrary() {
 static void parseModuleDefs(StringRef Path) {
   std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> MB = check(
     MemoryBuffer::getFile(Path, -1, false, true), "could not open " + Path);
-  MemoryBufferRef MBRef = MB->getMemBufferRef();
+  COFFModuleDefinition M =
+      check(parseCOFFModuleDefinition(MB->getMemBufferRef(), Config->Machine));
 
-  Expected<COFFModuleDefinition> Def =
-      parseCOFFModuleDefinition(MBRef, Config->Machine);
-  if (!Def)
-    fatal(errorToErrorCode(Def.takeError()).message());
-
-  COFFModuleDefinition &M = *Def;
   if (Config->OutputFile.empty())
     Config->OutputFile = Saver.save(M.OutputFile);
-
   if (M.ImageBase)
     Config->ImageBase = M.ImageBase;
   if (M.StackReserve)