diff --git a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
--- a/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Semantics/check-declarations.cpp
@@ -2552,7 +2552,8 @@
   } else {
     const std::string *bindC{symbol.GetBindName()};
     if (symbol.has<CommonBlockDetails>() ||
-        IsExternalProcedureDefinition(symbol)) {
+        IsExternalProcedureDefinition(symbol) ||
+        (symbol.owner().IsGlobal() && IsExternal(symbol))) {
       return bindC ? *bindC : symbol.name().ToString();
     } else if (bindC &&
         (symbol.has<ObjectEntityDetails>() || IsModuleProcedure(symbol))) {
diff --git a/flang/test/Semantics/declarations04.f90 b/flang/test/Semantics/declarations04.f90
--- a/flang/test/Semantics/declarations04.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Semantics/declarations04.f90
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@
   !PORTABILITY: Global name 'ext4' conflicts with a module
   common /ext4/ x
 end
+
+subroutine s
+  !ERROR: Two entities have the same global name 'foo'
+  common /foo/n
+  call foo
+end