diff --git a/contrib/llvm-project/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp b/contrib/llvm-project/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
index 6f16ade57177..80c2da48ca30 100644
--- a/contrib/llvm-project/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
+++ b/contrib/llvm-project/lld/ELF/Arch/RISCV.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ static uint32_t getEFlags(InputFile *f) {
 }
 
 uint32_t RISCV::calcEFlags() const {
-  assert(!objectFiles.empty());
+  // If there are only binary input files (from -b binary), use a
+  // value of 0 for the ELF header flags.
+  if (objectFiles.empty())
+    return 0;
 
   uint32_t target = getEFlags(objectFiles.front());