diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
@@ -1244,6 +1244,7 @@
   auto *Var =
       new GlobalVariable(*M, Int32Ty, false, GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage,
                          nullptr, getInstrProfRuntimeHookVarName());
+  Var->setVisibility(GlobalValue::HiddenVisibility);
 
   if (TT.isOSBinFormatELF() && !TT.isPS()) {
     // Mark the user variable as used so that it isn't stripped out.
diff --git a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
--- a/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling/profiling.ll
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 ; RUN: opt < %s -mtriple=x86_64-sie-ps5 -passes=instrprof -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=ELF,PS
 ; RUN: opt < %s  -mtriple=x86_64-pc-win32-coff -passes=instrprof -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=COFF
 ; RUN: opt < %s -mtriple=powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -passes=instrprof -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=XCOFF
+; RUN: opt < %s -mtriple=x86_64-pc-freebsd13 -passes=instrprof -S | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=ELF
 
-; MACHO: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external global i32
-; ELF_GENERIC: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external global i32
+; MACHO: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external hidden global i32
+; ELF_GENERIC: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external hidden global i32
 ; ELF-NOT: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external global i32
-; XCOFF: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external global i32
+; XCOFF: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external hidden global i32
+; COFF: @__llvm_profile_runtime = external hidden global i32
 
 ; ELF: $__profc_foo = comdat nodeduplicate
 ; ELF: $__profc_foo_weak = comdat nodeduplicate