diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@
   return errorCount() == 0;
 }
 
+void elf::cleanup() {
+  // Delete the global context and clear the global context pointer, so that it
+  // cannot be accessed anymore.
+  CommonLinkerContext::destroy();
+}
+
 // Parses a linker -m option.
 static std::tuple<ELFKind, uint16_t, uint8_t> parseEmulation(StringRef emul) {
   uint8_t osabi = 0;
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
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@
 namespace elf {
 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 the
+// ELF driver above. DO NOT USE - this will be replaced by safeLldMain(). See
+// discussion in https://reviews.llvm.org/D119049.
+void cleanup();
+} // namespace elf
 
 namespace macho {
 bool link(llvm::ArrayRef<const char *> args, llvm::raw_ostream &stdoutOS,
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 {};
     }