diff --git a/test/MC/AsmParser/exprs-invalid.s b/test/MC/AsmParser/exprs-invalid.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4accc39087c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/AsmParser/exprs-invalid.s
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// RUN: not llvm-mc -triple i386-unknown-unknown %s 2> %t
+// RUN: FileCheck -input-file %t %s
+
+        .text
+a:
+        .data
+// CHECK: expected relocatable expression
+        .long -(0 + a)
diff --git a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmExpr.cpp b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmExpr.cpp
index c3362e4268c..fbb0c53b1cf 100644
--- a/tools/llvm-mc/AsmExpr.cpp
+++ b/tools/llvm-mc/AsmExpr.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ bool AsmExpr::EvaluateAsRelocatable(MCContext &Ctx, MCValue &Res) const {
       break;
     case AsmUnaryExpr::Minus:
       /// -(a - b + const) ==> (b - a - const)
-      if (Value.getSymA() && !Value.getSymA())
+      if (Value.getSymA() && !Value.getSymB())
         return false;
       Res = MCValue::get(Value.getSymB(), Value.getSymA(), 
                          -Value.getConstant());