Index: llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUOpenCLEnqueuedBlockLowering.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUOpenCLEnqueuedBlockLowering.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUOpenCLEnqueuedBlockLowering.cpp
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
 
       auto *GV = new GlobalVariable(
           M, HandleTy,
-          /*isConstant=*/false, GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage,
+          /*isConstant=*/true, GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage,
           /*Initializer=*/Constant::getNullValue(HandleTy), RuntimeHandle,
           /*InsertBefore=*/nullptr, GlobalValue::NotThreadLocal,
           AMDGPUAS::GLOBAL_ADDRESS,
-          /*isExternallyInitialized=*/false);
+          /*isExternallyInitialized=*/true);
       LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "runtime handle created: " << *GV << '\n');
 
       F.replaceAllUsesWith(ConstantExpr::getAddrSpaceCast(GV, F.getType()));
Index: llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/enqueue-kernel.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/enqueue-kernel.ll
+++ llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/enqueue-kernel.ll
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@
 attributes #0 = { "enqueued-block" }
 ;.
 ; CHECK: @[[KERNEL_ADDRESS_USER:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = global [1 x ptr] [ptr addrspacecast (ptr addrspace(1) @block_has_used_kernel_address.runtime_handle to ptr)]
-; CHECK: @[[__TEST_BLOCK_INVOKE_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) global [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
-; CHECK: @[[__TEST_BLOCK_INVOKE_2_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) global [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
-; CHECK: @[[BLOCK_HAS_USED_KERNEL_ADDRESS_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) global [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
-; CHECK: @[[__AMDGPU_ENQUEUED_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) global [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
-; CHECK: @[[__AMDGPU_ENQUEUED_KERNEL_1_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) global [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
+; CHECK: @[[__TEST_BLOCK_INVOKE_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) externally_initialized constant [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
+; CHECK: @[[__TEST_BLOCK_INVOKE_2_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) externally_initialized constant [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
+; CHECK: @[[BLOCK_HAS_USED_KERNEL_ADDRESS_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) externally_initialized constant [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
+; CHECK: @[[__AMDGPU_ENQUEUED_KERNEL_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) externally_initialized constant [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
+; CHECK: @[[__AMDGPU_ENQUEUED_KERNEL_1_RUNTIME_HANDLE:[a-zA-Z0-9_$"\\.-]+]] = addrspace(1) externally_initialized constant [[BLOCK_RUNTIME_HANDLE_T:%.*]] zeroinitializer
 ;.
 ; CHECK-LABEL: define {{[^@]+}}@non_caller
 ; CHECK-SAME: (ptr addrspace(1) [[A:%.*]], i8 [[B:%.*]], ptr addrspace(1) [[C:%.*]], i64 [[D:%.*]]) {