diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 5cd7c33bc55d..b9ed964b8c72 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -558,14 +558,17 @@ LinkerScript::computeInputSections(const InputSectionDescription *cmd,
           ctx.arg.sortSection, SortSectionPolicy::None);
     };
 
+    bool enableNonContiguousRegions = ctx.arg.enableNonContiguousRegions;
     for (const SectionPattern &pat : cmd->sectionPatterns) {
       size_t sizeBeforeCurrPat = ret.size();
 
       for (size_t i = 0, e = sections.size(); i != e; ++i) {
-        // Skip if the section is dead or has been matched by a previous pattern
-        // in this input section description.
+        // Skip if the section is dead, has been matched by a previous input
+        // section description with non-contiguous regions disabled, or has been
+        // matched by a previous pattern in this input section description.
         InputSectionBase *sec = sections[i];
-        if (!sec->isLive() || seen.contains(i))
+        if (!sec->isLive() || (!enableNonContiguousRegions && sec->parent) ||
+            seen.contains(i))
           continue;
 
         // For --emit-relocs we have to ignore entries like
@@ -586,9 +589,7 @@ LinkerScript::computeInputSections(const InputSectionDescription *cmd,
           continue;
 
         if (sec->parent) {
-          // Skip if not allowing multiple matches.
-          if (!ctx.arg.enableNonContiguousRegions)
-            continue;
+          assert(ctx.arg.enableNonContiguousRegions);
 
           // Disallow spilling into /DISCARD/; special handling would be needed
           // for this in address assignment, and the semantics are nebulous.