diff --git a/include/llvm/Object/Binary.h b/include/llvm/Object/Binary.h
index 9be2fbe0837..91984cb5271 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Object/Binary.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Object/Binary.h
@@ -125,10 +125,8 @@ public:
 
 /// @brief Create a Binary from Source, autodetecting the file type.
 ///
-/// @param Source The data to create the Binary from. Ownership is transferred
-///        to the Binary if successful. If an error is returned,
-///        Source is destroyed by createBinary before returning.
-ErrorOr<Binary *> createBinary(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> &Source,
+/// @param Source The data to create the Binary from.
+ErrorOr<Binary *> createBinary(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Source,
                                LLVMContext *Context = nullptr);
 
 ErrorOr<Binary *> createBinary(StringRef Path);
diff --git a/lib/Object/Archive.cpp b/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
index 3c683408969..e32bdd5c5be 100644
--- a/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
+++ b/lib/Object/Archive.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ Archive::Child::getAsBinary(LLVMContext *Context) const {
   if (std::error_code EC = BuffOrErr.getError())
     return EC;
 
-  return createBinary(*BuffOrErr, Context);
+  return createBinary(std::move(*BuffOrErr), Context);
 }
 
 ErrorOr<Archive *> Archive::create(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Source) {
diff --git a/lib/Object/Binary.cpp b/lib/Object/Binary.cpp
index 9f6a68556f9..552d5db89c5 100644
--- a/lib/Object/Binary.cpp
+++ b/lib/Object/Binary.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ StringRef Binary::getFileName() const {
   return Data->getBufferIdentifier();
 }
 
-ErrorOr<Binary *> object::createBinary(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> &Buffer,
+ErrorOr<Binary *> object::createBinary(std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Buffer,
                                        LLVMContext *Context) {
   sys::fs::file_magic Type = sys::fs::identify_magic(Buffer->getBuffer());
 
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ ErrorOr<Binary *> object::createBinary(StringRef Path) {
       MemoryBuffer::getFileOrSTDIN(Path);
   if (std::error_code EC = FileOrErr.getError())
     return EC;
-  return createBinary(FileOrErr.get());
+  return createBinary(std::move(*FileOrErr));
 }
diff --git a/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp b/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
index d021a0d341f..15304c40b88 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-nm/llvm-nm.cpp
@@ -993,13 +993,12 @@ static void dumpSymbolNamesFromFile(std::string &Filename) {
       MemoryBuffer::getFileOrSTDIN(Filename);
   if (error(BufferOrErr.getError(), Filename))
     return;
-  std::unique_ptr<MemoryBuffer> Buffer = std::move(BufferOrErr.get());
 
   LLVMContext &Context = getGlobalContext();
-  ErrorOr<Binary *> BinaryOrErr = createBinary(Buffer, &Context);
+  ErrorOr<Binary *> BinaryOrErr =
+      createBinary(std::move(*BufferOrErr), &Context);
   if (error(BinaryOrErr.getError(), Filename))
     return;
-  Buffer.release();
   std::unique_ptr<Binary> Bin(BinaryOrErr.get());
 
   if (Archive *A = dyn_cast<Archive>(Bin.get())) {