diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
@@ -2143,7 +2143,11 @@
 llvm::Value *CGOpenMPRuntime::getCriticalRegionLock(StringRef CriticalName) {
   std::string Prefix = Twine("gomp_critical_user_", CriticalName).str();
   std::string Name = getName({Prefix, "var"});
-  return OMPBuilder.getOrCreateInternalVariable(KmpCriticalNameTy, Name);
+  llvm::GlobalVariable *G = OMPBuilder.getOrCreateInternalVariable(KmpCriticalNameTy, Name);
+  llvm::Align PtrAlign = OMPBuilder.M.getDataLayout().getPointerABIAlignment(G->getAddressSpace());
+  if (PtrAlign > llvm::Align(G->getAlignment()))
+    G->setAlignment(PtrAlign);
+  return G;
 }
 
 namespace {