diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index f1ab98372e..fcab34bf5e 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !v
             }
             for (self.base.options.objects) |obj| {
                 if (Compilation.classifyFileExt(obj.path) == .shared_library) {
-                    const lib_dir_path = std.fs.path.dirname(obj.path).?;
+                    const lib_dir_path = std.fs.path.dirname(obj.path) orelse continue;
                     if ((try rpath_table.fetchPut(lib_dir_path, {})) == null) {
                         try argv.append("-rpath");
                         try argv.append(lib_dir_path);