diff --git a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
index e36850beb82..9854b07a6c4 100644
--- a/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/MCParser/AsmParser.cpp
@@ -2634,8 +2634,8 @@ bool AsmParser::parseDirectiveLoc() {
   int64_t LineNumber = 0;
   if (getLexer().is(AsmToken::Integer)) {
     LineNumber = getTok().getIntVal();
-    if (LineNumber < 1)
-      return TokError("line number less than one in '.loc' directive");
+    if (LineNumber < 0)
+      return TokError("line number less than zero in '.loc' directive");
     Lex();
   }
 
diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_loc.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_loc.s
index 164d42a3fa7..700a32ca389 100644
--- a/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_loc.s
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/directive_loc.s
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
         .loc 1 2
         .loc 1 2 3
         .loc 1 2 discriminator 1
+        .loc 1 0