diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
index cf3672c60b9c..3bf9a39b0e20 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ template <class ELFT> std::vector<StringRef> LazyObjFile::getElfSymbols() {
   typedef typename ELFT::Sym Elf_Sym;
   typedef typename ELFT::SymRange Elf_Sym_Range;
 
-  const ELFFile<ELFT> Obj(this->MB.getBuffer());
+  ELFFile<ELFT> Obj = check(ELFFile<ELFT>::create(this->MB.getBuffer()));
   ArrayRef<Elf_Shdr> Sections = check(Obj.sections(), toString(this));
   for (const Elf_Shdr &Sec : Sections) {
     if (Sec.sh_type != SHT_SYMTAB)
diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
index 39856de9cd62..00c8ee936aa7 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   llvm::object::ELFFile<ELFT> getObj() const {
-    return llvm::object::ELFFile<ELFT>(MB.getBuffer());
+    return check(llvm::object::ELFFile<ELFT>::create(MB.getBuffer()));
   }
 
   StringRef getStringTable() const { return StringTable; }