diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
@@ -1892,7 +1892,10 @@
     auto pair{bindC_.emplace(*name, symbol)};
     if (!pair.second) {
       const Symbol &other{*pair.first->second};
-      if (DefinesBindCName(other) && !context_.HasError(other)) {
+      // Two common blocks with the same name can have the same BIND(C) name.
+      if ((!symbol.has<CommonBlockDetails>() ||
+              symbol.name() != other.name()) &&
+          DefinesBindCName(other) && !context_.HasError(other)) {
         if (auto *msg{messages_.Say(symbol.name(),
                 "Two symbols have the same BIND(C) name '%s'"_err_en_US,
                 *name)}) {
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/declarations03.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/declarations03.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/declarations03.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/declarations03.f90
@@ -48,3 +48,24 @@
   integer, bind(c, name="ss2") :: s5
 
 end
+
+subroutine common1()
+  real :: x
+  common /com/ x
+  bind(c, name='xcom') /com/ ! no error
+end subroutine
+
+subroutine common2()
+  real :: x
+  common /com/ x
+  bind(c, name='xcom') /com/ ! no error
+end subroutine
+
+module a
+  integer, bind(c, name="int") :: i
+end module
+
+module b
+  !ERROR: Two symbols have the same BIND(C) name 'int'
+  integer, bind(c, name="int") :: i
+end module