diff --git a/lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.cpp b/lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.cpp
--- a/lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.cpp
+++ b/lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.h"
+#include "lld/Common/Driver.h"
 #include "lld/Common/ErrorHandler.h"
 #include "lld/Common/Memory.h"
 
@@ -43,3 +44,11 @@
     return;
   delete lctx;
 }
+
+// Temporary API that forces global state cleanup between explicit calls to
+// drivers. See discussion in https://reviews.llvm.org/D119049.
+void lld::cleanup() {
+  // Delete the global context and clear the global context pointer, so that it
+  // cannot be accessed anymore.
+  CommonLinkerContext::destroy();
+}
diff --git a/lld/include/lld/Common/Driver.h b/lld/include/lld/Common/Driver.h
--- a/lld/include/lld/Common/Driver.h
+++ b/lld/include/lld/Common/Driver.h
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 bool link(llvm::ArrayRef<const char *> args, llvm::raw_ostream &stdoutOS,
           llvm::raw_ostream &stderrOS, bool exitEarly, bool disableOutput);
 }
-}
+
+// Temporary API that forces global state cleanup between explicit calls to
+// drivers above. DO NOT USE - this will be replaced by safeLldMain(). See
+// discussion in https://reviews.llvm.org/D119049.
+void cleanup();
+} // namespace lld
 
 #endif
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/Transforms/SerializeToHsaco.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/Transforms/SerializeToHsaco.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/Transforms/SerializeToHsaco.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/Transforms/SerializeToHsaco.cpp
@@ -438,10 +438,13 @@
     static std::mutex mutex;
     const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mutex);
     // Invoke lld. Expect a true return value from lld.
-    if (!lld::elf::link({"ld.lld", "-shared", tempIsaBinaryFilename.c_str(),
-                         "-o", tempHsacoFilename.c_str()},
-                        llvm::outs(), llvm::errs(), /*exitEarly=*/true,
-                        /*disableOutput=*/false)) {
+    bool r = lld::elf::link({"ld.lld", "-shared", tempIsaBinaryFilename.c_str(),
+                             "-o", tempHsacoFilename.c_str()},
+                            llvm::outs(), llvm::errs(), /*exitEarly=*/false,
+                            /*disableOutput=*/false);
+    // Allow for calling the driver again in the same process.
+    lld::cleanup();
+    if (!r) {
       emitError(loc, "lld invocation error");
       return {};
     }