diff --git a/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp b/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
index 489c69cc4bc..5f464969adb 100644
--- a/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/lib/Object/COFFObjectFile.cpp
@@ -950,10 +950,10 @@ uint64_t COFFObjectFile::getSectionSize(const coff_section *Sec) const {
 std::error_code
 COFFObjectFile::getSectionContents(const coff_section *Sec,
                                    ArrayRef<uint8_t> &Res) const {
-  // PointerToRawData and SizeOfRawData won't make sense for BSS sections,
-  // don't do anything interesting for them.
-  assert((Sec->Characteristics & COFF::IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA) == 0 &&
-         "BSS sections don't have contents!");
+  // In COFF, a virtual section won't have any in-file
+  // content, so the file pointer to the content will be zero.
+  if (Sec->PointerToRawData == 0)
+    return object_error::parse_failed;
   // The only thing that we need to verify is that the contents is contained
   // within the file bounds. We don't need to make sure it doesn't cover other
   // data, as there's nothing that says that is not allowed.