diff --git a/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
index b15e225fc2a..4d3b59c92ac 100644
--- a/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/WinCOFFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ StringTable::StringTable() {
   // The string table data begins with the length of the entire string table
   // including the length header. Allocate space for this header.
   Data.resize(4);
+  update_length();
 }
 
 size_t StringTable::size() const {