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
@@ -2161,11 +2161,7 @@
 llvm::Value *CGOpenMPRuntime::getCriticalRegionLock(StringRef CriticalName) {
   std::string Prefix = Twine("gomp_critical_user_", CriticalName).str();
   std::string Name = getName({Prefix, "var"});
-  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;
+  return OMPBuilder.getOrCreateInternalVariable(KmpCriticalNameTy, Name);
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMP/OMPIRBuilder.cpp
@@ -4493,7 +4493,10 @@
         M, Ty, /*IsConstant=*/false, GlobalValue::CommonLinkage,
         Constant::getNullValue(Ty), Elem.first(),
         /*InsertBefore=*/nullptr, GlobalValue::NotThreadLocal, AddressSpace);
-    GV->setAlignment(M.getDataLayout().getABITypeAlign(Ty));
+    const DataLayout &DL = M.getDataLayout();
+    const llvm::Align TypeAlign = DL.getABITypeAlign(Ty);
+    const llvm::Align PtrAlign = DL.getPointerABIAlignment(AddressSpace);
+    GV->setAlignment(std::max(TypeAlign, PtrAlign));
     Elem.second = GV;
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
--- a/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilderTest.cpp
@@ -2744,7 +2744,15 @@
   PointerType *CriticalNamePtrTy =
       PointerType::getUnqual(ArrayType::get(Type::getInt32Ty(Ctx), 8));
   EXPECT_EQ(CriticalEndCI->getArgOperand(2), CriticalEntryCI->getArgOperand(2));
-  EXPECT_EQ(CriticalEndCI->getArgOperand(2)->getType(), CriticalNamePtrTy);
+  GlobalVariable *GV =
+      dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(CriticalEndCI->getArgOperand(2));
+  ASSERT_NE(GV, nullptr);
+  EXPECT_EQ(GV->getType(), CriticalNamePtrTy);
+  const DataLayout &DL = M->getDataLayout();
+  const llvm::Align TypeAlign = DL.getABITypeAlign(CriticalNamePtrTy);
+  const llvm::Align PtrAlign = DL.getPointerABIAlignment(GV->getAddressSpace());
+  if (const llvm::MaybeAlign Alignment = GV->getAlign())
+    EXPECT_EQ(*Alignment, std::max(TypeAlign, PtrAlign));
 }
 
 TEST_F(OpenMPIRBuilderTest, OrderedDirectiveDependSource) {