diff --git a/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/remove-bbs-entry.ll b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/remove-bbs-entry.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/tools/llvm-reduce/remove-bbs-entry.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+; Test that llvm-reduce correctly removes the entry block of functions for
+; linkages other than external and weak.
+;
+; RUN: llvm-reduce --abort-on-invalid-reduction --delta-passes=basic-blocks --test FileCheck --test-arg --check-prefixes=CHECK-INTERESTINGNESS --test-arg %s --test-arg --input-file %s -o %t
+; RUN: cat %t | FileCheck %s
+
+; CHECK-INTERESTINGNESS: interesting1:
+
+; CHECK-NOT: uninteresting
+define linkonce_odr i32 @foo() {
+uninteresting:
+  ret i32 0
+}
+
+define i32 @main(i1 %c) {
+interesting1:
+  ret i32 0
+}
diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/deltas/ReduceBasicBlocks.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/deltas/ReduceBasicBlocks.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/deltas/ReduceBasicBlocks.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-reduce/deltas/ReduceBasicBlocks.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,15 @@
     // Instructions might be referenced in other BBs
     for (auto &I : *BB)
       I.replaceAllUsesWith(UndefValue::get(I.getType()));
-    BB->eraseFromParent();
+    if (BB->getParent()->size() == 1) {
+      // this is the last basic block of the function, thus we must also make
+      // sure to remove comdat and set linkage to external
+      auto F = BB->getParent();
+      F->deleteBody();
+      F->setComdat(nullptr);
+    } else {
+      BB->eraseFromParent();
+    }
   }
 }