Index: lld/ELF/ICF.cpp
===================================================================
--- lld/ELF/ICF.cpp
+++ lld/ELF/ICF.cpp
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@
   // .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/test/ELF/icf8.s
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ lld/test/ELF/icf8.s
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+
+# 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 .text.f1
+# CHECK-NOT: selected .text.f2
+
+.globl _start, f1, f2
+_start:
+  ret
+
+.section .text.f1, "a"
+f1:
+  mov $60, %rax
+  mov $42, %rdi
+  syscall
+
+.section .text.f2, "a"
+f2:
+  mov $60, %rax
+  mov $42, %rdi
+  syscall