Index: lld/trunk/ELF/ICF.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/ELF/ICF.cpp
+++ lld/trunk/ELF/ICF.cpp
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
   // .init and .fini contains instructions that must be executed to
   // initialize and finalize the process. They cannot and should not
   // be merged.
-  return S->Live && (S->Flags & SHF_ALLOC) && !(S->Flags & SHF_WRITE) &&
-         S->Name != ".init" && S->Name != ".fini";
+  return S->Live && (S->Flags & SHF_ALLOC) && (S->Flags & SHF_EXECINSTR) &&
+         !(S->Flags & SHF_WRITE) && S->Name != ".init" && S->Name != ".fini";
 }
 
 // Split an equivalence class into smaller classes.
Index: lld/trunk/test/ELF/icf9.s
===================================================================
--- lld/trunk/test/ELF/icf9.s
+++ lld/trunk/test/ELF/icf9.s
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+### Make sure that we do not merge data.
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64-unknown-linux %s -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld %t -o %t2 --icf=all --verbose | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK-NOT: selected .data.d1
+# CHECK-NOT: selected .data.d2
+
+.globl _start, d1, d2
+_start:
+  ret
+
+.section .data.f1, "a"
+d1:
+  .byte 1
+
+.section .data.f2, "a"
+d2:
+  .byte 1