diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/OpenMPOpt.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/OpenMPOpt.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/OpenMPOpt.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/OpenMPOpt.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
     cl::desc("Enable the OpenMP region merging optimization."), cl::Hidden,
     cl::init(false));
 
+static cl::opt<bool>
+    DisableInternalization("openmp-opt-disable-internalization", cl::ZeroOrMore,
+                           cl::desc("Disable function internalization."),
+                           cl::Hidden, cl::init(false));
+
 static cl::opt<bool> PrintICVValues("openmp-print-icv-values", cl::init(false),
                                     cl::Hidden);
 static cl::opt<bool> PrintOpenMPKernels("openmp-print-gpu-kernels",
@@ -3771,7 +3776,8 @@
   DenseSet<const Function *> InternalizedFuncs;
   if (isOpenMPDevice(M))
     for (Function &F : M)
-      if (!F.isDeclaration() && !Kernels.contains(&F) && IsCalled(F)) {
+      if (!F.isDeclaration() && !Kernels.contains(&F) && IsCalled(F) &&
+          !DisableInternalization) {
         if (Attributor::internalizeFunction(F, /* Force */ true)) {
           InternalizedFuncs.insert(&F);
         } else if (!F.hasLocalLinkage() && !F.hasFnAttribute(Attribute::Cold)) {
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 
 # Set flags for LLVM Bitcode compilation.
 set(bc_flags -S -x c++ -O1 -std=c++14
+             -mllvm -openmp-opt-disable-internalization
              -target nvptx64
              -Xclang -emit-llvm-bc
              -Xclang -aux-triple -Xclang ${aux_triple}