diff --git a/lib/DxilContainer/DxcContainerBuilder.cpp b/lib/DxilContainer/DxcContainerBuilder.cpp
index 3c10b0e70a..770aa910a4 100644
--- a/lib/DxilContainer/DxcContainerBuilder.cpp
+++ b/lib/DxilContainer/DxcContainerBuilder.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE DxcContainerBuilder::RemovePart(UINT32 fourCC) {
 
 HRESULT STDMETHODCALLTYPE
 DxcContainerBuilder::SerializeContainer(IDxcOperationResult **ppResult) {
+  if (ppResult == nullptr)
+    return E_INVALIDARG;
+
   DxcThreadMalloc TM(m_pMalloc);
+
   try {
     // Allocate memory for new dxil container.
     uint32_t ContainerSize = ComputeContainerSize();
@@ -161,6 +165,11 @@ DxcContainerBuilder::SerializeContainer(IDxcOperationResult **ppResult) {
       errorHeap.Detach();
     }
 
+    // Add Hash.
+    if (SUCCEEDED(valHR))
+      HashAndUpdate(IsDxilContainerLike(pResult->GetBufferPointer(),
+                                        pResult->GetBufferSize()));
+
     IFT(DxcResult::Create(
         valHR, DXC_OUT_OBJECT,
         {DxcOutputObject::DataOutput(DXC_OUT_OBJECT, pResult, DxcOutNoName),
@@ -169,21 +178,6 @@ DxcContainerBuilder::SerializeContainer(IDxcOperationResult **ppResult) {
   }
   CATCH_CPP_RETURN_HRESULT();
 
-  if (ppResult == nullptr || *ppResult == nullptr)
-    return S_OK;
-
-  HRESULT HR;
-  (*ppResult)->GetStatus(&HR);
-  if (FAILED(HR))
-    return HR;
-
-  CComPtr<IDxcBlob> pObject;
-  IFR((*ppResult)->GetResult(&pObject));
-
-  // Add Hash.
-  LPVOID PTR = pObject->GetBufferPointer();
-  if (IsDxilContainerLike(PTR, pObject->GetBufferSize()))
-    HashAndUpdate((DxilContainerHeader *)PTR);
   return S_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/clang/tools/dxclib/dxc.cpp b/tools/clang/tools/dxclib/dxc.cpp
index 1bcf5d8e3f..cdcfe2b3f6 100644
--- a/tools/clang/tools/dxclib/dxc.cpp
+++ b/tools/clang/tools/dxclib/dxc.cpp
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ int DxcContext::VerifyRootSignature() {
   IFT(pContainerBuilder->AddPart(hlsl::DxilFourCC::DFCC_RootSignature,
                                  pRootSignature));
   CComPtr<IDxcOperationResult> pOperationResult;
-  pContainerBuilder->SerializeContainer(&pOperationResult);
+  IFT(pContainerBuilder->SerializeContainer(&pOperationResult));
   HRESULT status = E_FAIL;
   CComPtr<IDxcBlob> pResult;
   IFT(pOperationResult->GetStatus(&status));
diff --git a/tools/clang/unittests/HLSL/ValidationTest.cpp b/tools/clang/unittests/HLSL/ValidationTest.cpp
index 8008541bfa..19696de022 100644
--- a/tools/clang/unittests/HLSL/ValidationTest.cpp
+++ b/tools/clang/unittests/HLSL/ValidationTest.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class ValidationTest : public ::testing::Test {
   TEST_METHOD(SimpleGs1Fail)
   TEST_METHOD(UavBarrierFail)
   TEST_METHOD(UndefValueFail)
+  TEST_METHOD(ValidationFailNoHash)
   TEST_METHOD(UpdateCounterFail)
   TEST_METHOD(LocalResCopy)
   TEST_METHOD(ResCounter)
@@ -1189,6 +1190,60 @@ TEST_F(ValidationTest, UavBarrierFail) {
 TEST_F(ValidationTest, UndefValueFail) {
   TestCheck(L"..\\CodeGenHLSL\\UndefValue.hlsl");
 }
+// verify that containers that are not valid DXIL do not
+// get assigned a hash.
+TEST_F(ValidationTest, ValidationFailNoHash) {
+  if (m_ver.SkipDxilVersion(1, 8))
+    return;
+  CComPtr<IDxcBlob> pProgram;
+
+  // We need any shader that will pass compilation but fail validation.
+  // This shader reads from uninitialized 'float a', which works for now.
+  LPCSTR pSource = R"(
+    float main(snorm float b : B) : SV_DEPTH
+    {
+        float a;
+        return b + a;
+    }
+)";
+
+  CComPtr<IDxcBlobEncoding> pSourceBlob;
+  Utf8ToBlob(m_dllSupport, pSource, &pSourceBlob);
+  std::vector<LPCWSTR> pArguments = {L"-Vd"};
+  LPCSTR pShaderModel = "ps_6_0";
+  bool result = CompileSource(pSourceBlob, pShaderModel, pArguments.data(), 1,
+                              nullptr, 0, &pProgram);
+
+  VERIFY_IS_TRUE(result);
+
+  CComPtr<IDxcValidator> pValidator;
+  CComPtr<IDxcOperationResult> pResult;
+  unsigned Flags = 0;
+  VERIFY_SUCCEEDED(
+      m_dllSupport.CreateInstance(CLSID_DxcValidator, &pValidator));
+
+  VERIFY_SUCCEEDED(pValidator->Validate(pProgram, Flags, &pResult));
+  HRESULT status;
+  VERIFY_IS_NOT_NULL(pResult);
+  CComPtr<IDxcBlob> pValidationOutput;
+  pResult->GetStatus(&status);
+
+  // expect validation to fail
+  VERIFY_FAILED(status);
+  pResult->GetResult(&pValidationOutput);
+  // Make sure the validation output is not null even when validation fails
+  VERIFY_SUCCEEDED(pValidationOutput != nullptr);
+
+  hlsl::DxilContainerHeader *pHeader = IsDxilContainerLike(
+      pProgram->GetBufferPointer(), pProgram->GetBufferSize());
+  VERIFY_IS_NOT_NULL(pHeader);
+
+  BYTE ZeroHash[DxilContainerHashSize] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                                          0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+
+  // Should be equal, this proves the hash isn't written when validation fails
+  VERIFY_ARE_EQUAL(memcmp(ZeroHash, pHeader->Hash.Digest, sizeof(ZeroHash)), 0);
+}
 TEST_F(ValidationTest, UpdateCounterFail) {
   if (m_ver.SkipIRSensitiveTest())
     return;