Index: llvm/lib/Linker/IRMover.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Linker/IRMover.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/Linker/IRMover.cpp
@@ -897,6 +897,10 @@
     if (DstGV->getSection() != SrcGV->getSection())
       return stringErr(
           "Appending variables with different section name need to be linked!");
+
+    if (DstGV->getAddressSpace() != SrcGV->getAddressSpace())
+      return stringErr("Appending variables with different address spaces need "
+                       "to be linked!");
   }
 
   // Do not need to do anything if source is a declaration.
Index: llvm/test/Linker/appending-global-err6.ll
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ llvm/test/Linker/appending-global-err6.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+; RUN: not llvm-link %s %p/Inputs/appending-global.ll -S -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not llvm-link %p/Inputs/appending-global.ll %s -S -o - 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+; Negative test to check that global variables with appending linkage
+; and different address spaces cannot be linked.
+
+; CHECK: error: Appending variables with different address spaces need to be linked!
+
+@var = appending addrspace(1) global [ 1 x ptr ] undef