diff --git a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
index 31d7f156a70..a5fab533df6 100644
--- a/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
+++ b/tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,6 @@ static void diagnosticHandler(const DiagnosticInfo &DI) {
   case DS_Error:
     message(LDPL_FATAL, "LLVM gold plugin has failed to create LTO module: %s",
             ErrStorage.c_str());
-    llvm_unreachable("Fatal doesn't return.");
   case DS_Warning:
     Level = LDPL_WARNING;
     break;