Index: llvm/trunk/lib/MC/WasmObjectWriter.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/MC/WasmObjectWriter.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/MC/WasmObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -730,16 +730,21 @@
       if (IsAddressTaken.count(&WS))
         TableElems.push_back(Index);
     } else {
-      if (WS.getOffset() != 0)
-        report_fatal_error("data sections must contain one variable each");
-      if (!WS.getSize())
-        report_fatal_error("data symbols must have a size set with .size");
-
-      int64_t Size = 0;
-      if (!WS.getSize()->evaluateAsAbsolute(Size, Layout))
-        report_fatal_error(".size expression must be evaluatable");
+      if (WS.isTemporary() && !WS.getSize())
+        continue;
 
       if (WS.isDefined(false)) {
+        if (WS.getOffset() != 0)
+          report_fatal_error("data sections must contain one variable each: " +
+                             WS.getName());
+        if (!WS.getSize())
+          report_fatal_error("data symbols must have a size set with .size: " +
+                             WS.getName());
+
+        int64_t Size = 0;
+        if (!WS.getSize()->evaluateAsAbsolute(Size, Layout))
+          report_fatal_error(".size expression must be evaluatable");
+
         MCSectionWasm &DataSection =
             static_cast<MCSectionWasm &>(WS.getSection());
 
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/Target/WebAssembly/known_gcc_test_failures.txt
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Target/WebAssembly/known_gcc_test_failures.txt
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Target/WebAssembly/known_gcc_test_failures.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,3 @@
 pr49279.c wasm-o
 pr49390.c wasm-o
 pr52286.c wasm-o
-
-# fatal error: error in backend: data symbols must have a size set with .size
-921110-1.c wasm-o
Index: llvm/trunk/test/MC/WebAssembly/external-data.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/MC/WebAssembly/external-data.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/MC/WebAssembly/external-data.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple wasm32-unknown-unknown-wasm -filetype=obj %s -o - | obj2yaml | FileCheck %s
+; Verify relocations are correctly generated for addresses of externals
+; in the data section.
+
+declare i32 @f1(...)
+
+@foo = global i64 7, align 4
+@far = local_unnamed_addr global i32 (...)* @f1, align 4
+
+; CHECK:   - Type:            DATA
+; CHECK:     Relocations:
+; CHECK:       - Type:            R_WEBASSEMBLY_GLOBAL_ADDR_I32
+; CHECK:         Index:           0
+; CHECK:         Offset:          0x0000000E
+; CHECK:     Segments:
+; CHECK:       - Index:           0
+; CHECK:         Offset:
+; CHECK:           Opcode:          I32_CONST
+; CHECK:           Value:           0
+; CHECK:         Content:         0700000000000000FFFFFFFF
+