diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaAttr.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaAttr.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaAttr.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaAttr.cpp
@@ -810,10 +810,23 @@
       return;
     }
 
-    DeclContext *DC = ND->getDeclContext();
-    if (getLangOpts().CPlusPlus && !DC->isExternCContext()) {
-      Diag(Loc, diag::err_pragma_alloc_text_c_linkage);
-      return;
+    if (getLangOpts().CPlusPlus) {
+      bool IsInExternCContext = false;
+      Decl *D = ND;
+      while (D != nullptr) {
+        if (auto *FD = dyn_cast<FunctionDecl>(D)) {
+          if (FD->isInExternCContext()) {
+            IsInExternCContext = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+        D = D->getPreviousDecl();
+      }
+
+      if (!IsInExternCContext) {
+        Diag(Loc, diag::err_pragma_alloc_text_c_linkage);
+        return;
+      }
     }
 
     FunctionToSectionMap[II->getName()] = std::make_tuple(Section, Loc);
diff --git a/clang/test/Sema/pragma-ms-alloc-text.cpp b/clang/test/Sema/pragma-ms-alloc-text.cpp
--- a/clang/test/Sema/pragma-ms-alloc-text.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Sema/pragma-ms-alloc-text.cpp
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@
 #pragma alloc_text(c, foo6) // no-warning
 void foo6() {}
 }
+
+extern "C" {
+static void foo7();
+}
+static void foo7();
+#pragma alloc_text(c, foo7) // no-warning
+void foo7() {}