Index: openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.h
===================================================================
--- openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.h
+++ openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.h
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
   const ELF64LEObjectFile *
   getOrCreateELFObjectFile(const GenericDeviceTy &Device, DeviceImageTy &Image);
 
+  /// Extract the global's information from the ELF image, section, and symbol.
+  virtual Error getGlobalMetadataFromELF(const DeviceImageTy &Image,
+                                         const ELF64LE::Sym &Symbol,
+                                         const ELF64LE::Shdr &Section,
+                                         GlobalTy &ImageGlobal);
+
   /// Actually move memory between host and device. See readGlobalFromDevice and
   /// writeGlobalToDevice for the interface description.
   Error moveGlobalBetweenDeviceAndHost(GenericDeviceTy &Device,
Index: openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.cpp
===================================================================
--- openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.cpp
+++ openmp/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/common/PluginInterface/GlobalHandler.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@
   return &Result.first->second;
 }
 
+Error GenericGlobalHandlerTy::getGlobalMetadataFromELF(
+    const DeviceImageTy &Image, const ELF64LE::Sym &Symbol,
+    const ELF64LE::Shdr &Section, GlobalTy &ImageGlobal) {
+
+  // The global's address is computed as the image begin + the ELF section
+  // offset + the ELF symbol value.
+  ImageGlobal.setPtr((char *)Image.getStart() + Section.sh_offset +
+                     Symbol.st_value);
+
+  // Set the global's size.
+  ImageGlobal.setSize(Symbol.st_size);
+
+  return Plugin::success();
+}
+
 Error GenericGlobalHandlerTy::moveGlobalBetweenDeviceAndHost(
     GenericDeviceTy &Device, DeviceImageTy &Image, const GlobalTy &HostGlobal,
     bool Device2Host) {
@@ -111,19 +126,14 @@
                          ImageGlobal.getName().data());
 
   // Get the section to which the symbol belongs.
-  auto SymSecOrErr = ELFObj->getELFFile().getSection((*SymOrErr)->st_shndx);
-  if (!SymSecOrErr)
+  auto SecOrErr = ELFObj->getELFFile().getSection((*SymOrErr)->st_shndx);
+  if (!SecOrErr)
     return Plugin::error("Failed to get ELF section from global '%s': %s",
                          ImageGlobal.getName().data(),
-                         toString(SymOrErr.takeError()).data());
+                         toString(SecOrErr.takeError()).data());
 
-  // Save the global symbol's address and size. The address of the global is the
-  // image base address + the section offset + the symbol value.
-  ImageGlobal.setPtr((char *)Image.getStart() + (*SymSecOrErr)->sh_offset +
-                     (*SymOrErr)->st_value);
-  ImageGlobal.setSize((*SymOrErr)->st_size);
-
-  return Plugin::success();
+  // Setup the global symbol's address and size.
+  return getGlobalMetadataFromELF(Image, **SymOrErr, **SecOrErr, ImageGlobal);
 }
 
 Error GenericGlobalHandlerTy::readGlobalFromImage(GenericDeviceTy &Device,