diff --git a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
index 14f39ed10e17..d5ffe8c4dfd8 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/ScriptLexer.cpp
@@ -282,10 +282,9 @@ StringRef ScriptLexer::peek2() {
 }
 
 bool ScriptLexer::consume(StringRef tok) {
-  if (peek() == tok) {
-    skip();
+  if (next() == tok)
     return true;
-  }
+  --pos;
   return false;
 }