diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@
 void CodeGenModule::EmitBackendOptionsMetadata(
     const CodeGenOptions CodeGenOpts) {
   if (getTriple().isRISCV()) {
-    getModule().addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Error, "SmallDataLimit",
+    getModule().addModuleFlag(llvm::Module::Min, "SmallDataLimit",
                               CodeGenOpts.SmallDataLimit);
   }
 }
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGen/RISCV/riscv-sdata-module-flag.c b/clang/test/CodeGen/RISCV/riscv-sdata-module-flag.c
--- a/clang/test/CodeGen/RISCV/riscv-sdata-module-flag.c
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGen/RISCV/riscv-sdata-module-flag.c
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@
 
 void test(void) {}
 
-// RV32-DEFAULT: !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 8}
-// RV32-G4:      !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
-// RV32-S0:      !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
-// RV32-S2G4:    !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
-// RV32-T16:     !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 16}
-// RV32-PIC:     !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
+// RV32-DEFAULT: !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 8}
+// RV32-G4:      !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
+// RV32-S0:      !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
+// RV32-S2G4:    !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
+// RV32-T16:     !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 16}
+// RV32-PIC:     !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
 
-// RV64-DEFAULT: !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 8}
-// RV64-G4:      !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
-// RV64-S0:      !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
-// RV64-S2G4:    !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
-// RV64-T16:     !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 16}
-// RV64-PIC:     !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
-// RV64-LARGE:   !{i32 1, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
+// RV64-DEFAULT: !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 8}
+// RV64-G4:      !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
+// RV64-S0:      !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
+// RV64-S2G4:    !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 4}
+// RV64-T16:     !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 16}
+// RV64-PIC:     !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
+// RV64-LARGE:   !{i32 8, !"SmallDataLimit", i32 0}
 
 // The value will be passed by module flag instead of target feature.
 // RV32-S0-NOT: +small-data-limit=