Index: lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/CGDecl.cpp
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@
     llvm::ConstantInt::get(IntPtrTy,
                            getContext().getTypeSizeInChars(type).getQuantity());
 
-  llvm::Type *BP = AllocaInt8PtrTy;
+  llvm::Type *BP = CGM.Int8Ty->getPointerTo(Loc.getAddressSpace());
   if (Loc.getType() != BP)
     Loc = Builder.CreateBitCast(Loc, BP);
 
@@ -1390,11 +1390,10 @@
     // Otherwise, create a temporary global with the initializer then
     // memcpy from the global to the alloca.
     std::string Name = getStaticDeclName(CGM, D);
-    unsigned AS = 0;
-    if (getLangOpts().OpenCL) {
-      AS = CGM.getContext().getTargetAddressSpace(LangAS::opencl_constant);
-      BP = llvm::PointerType::getInt8PtrTy(getLLVMContext(), AS);
-    }
+    unsigned AS = CGM.getContext().getTargetAddressSpace(
+        CGM.getStringLiteralAddressSpace());
+    BP = llvm::PointerType::getInt8PtrTy(getLLVMContext(), AS);
+
     llvm::GlobalVariable *GV =
       new llvm::GlobalVariable(CGM.getModule(), constant->getType(), true,
                                llvm::GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage,
Index: lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
+++ lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.h
@@ -785,6 +785,13 @@
                                      ForDefinition_t IsForDefinition
                                        = NotForDefinition);
 
+  /// Return the AST address space of string literal, which is used to emit
+  /// the string literal as global variable in LLVM IR.
+  /// Note: This is not necessarily the address space of the string literal
+  /// in AST. For address space agnostic language, e.g. C++, string literal
+  /// in AST is always in default address space.
+  LangAS getStringLiteralAddressSpace() const;
+
   /// Return the address of the given function. If Ty is non-null, then this
   /// function will use the specified type if it has to create it.
   llvm::Constant *GetAddrOfFunction(GlobalDecl GD, llvm::Type *Ty = nullptr,
Index: lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -3044,6 +3044,39 @@
   return getTargetCodeGenInfo().getGlobalVarAddressSpace(*this, D);
 }
 
+LangAS CodeGenModule::getStringLiteralAddressSpace() const {
+  // OpenCL v1.2 s6.5.3: a string literal is in the constant address space.
+  if (LangOpts.OpenCL)
+    return LangAS::opencl_constant;
+  if (auto AS = getTarget().getConstantAddressSpace())
+    return AS.getValue();
+  return LangAS::Default;
+}
+
+// In address space agnostic languages, string literals are in default address
+// space in AST. However, certain targets (e.g. amdgcn) request them to be
+// emitted in constant address space in LLVM IR. To be consistent with other
+// parts of AST, string literal global variables in constant address space
+// need to be casted to default address space before being put into address
+// map and referenced by other part of CodeGen.
+// In OpenCL, string literals are in constant address space in AST, therefore
+// they should not be casted to default address space.
+static llvm::Constant *
+castStringLiteralToDefaultAddressSpace(CodeGenModule &CGM,
+                                       llvm::GlobalVariable *GV) {
+  llvm::Constant *Cast = GV;
+  if (!CGM.getLangOpts().OpenCL) {
+    if (auto AS = CGM.getTarget().getConstantAddressSpace()) {
+      if (AS != LangAS::Default)
+        Cast = CGM.getTargetCodeGenInfo().performAddrSpaceCast(
+            CGM, GV, AS.getValue(), LangAS::Default,
+            GV->getValueType()->getPointerTo(
+                CGM.getContext().getTargetAddressSpace(LangAS::Default)));
+    }
+  }
+  return Cast;
+}
+
 template<typename SomeDecl>
 void CodeGenModule::MaybeHandleStaticInExternC(const SomeDecl *D,
                                                llvm::GlobalValue *GV) {
@@ -4039,10 +4072,8 @@
 GenerateStringLiteral(llvm::Constant *C, llvm::GlobalValue::LinkageTypes LT,
                       CodeGenModule &CGM, StringRef GlobalName,
                       CharUnits Alignment) {
-  // OpenCL v1.2 s6.5.3: a string literal is in the constant address space.
-  unsigned AddrSpace = 0;
-  if (CGM.getLangOpts().OpenCL)
-    AddrSpace = CGM.getContext().getTargetAddressSpace(LangAS::opencl_constant);
+  unsigned AddrSpace = CGM.getContext().getTargetAddressSpace(
+      CGM.getStringLiteralAddressSpace());
 
   llvm::Module &M = CGM.getModule();
   // Create a global variable for this string
@@ -4104,7 +4135,9 @@
 
   SanitizerMD->reportGlobalToASan(GV, S->getStrTokenLoc(0), "<string literal>",
                                   QualType());
-  return ConstantAddress(GV, Alignment);
+
+  return ConstantAddress(castStringLiteralToDefaultAddressSpace(*this, GV),
+                         Alignment);
 }
 
 /// GetAddrOfConstantStringFromObjCEncode - Return a pointer to a constant
@@ -4148,7 +4181,9 @@
                                   GlobalName, Alignment);
   if (Entry)
     *Entry = GV;
-  return ConstantAddress(GV, Alignment);
+
+  return ConstantAddress(castStringLiteralToDefaultAddressSpace(*this, GV),
+                         Alignment);
 }
 
 ConstantAddress CodeGenModule::GetAddrOfGlobalTemporary(
Index: test/CodeGenCXX/amdgcn-string-literal.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/CodeGenCXX/amdgcn-string-literal.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -triple amdgcn-amd-amdhsa -emit-llvm %s -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+// CHECK: @.str = private unnamed_addr addrspace(4) constant [6 x i8] c"g_str\00", align 1
+// CHECK: @g_str = addrspace(1) global i8* addrspacecast (i8 addrspace(4)* getelementptr inbounds ([6 x i8], [6 x i8] addrspace(4)* @.str, i32 0, i32 0) to i8*), align 8
+// CHECK: @g_array = addrspace(1) global [8 x i8] c"g_array\00", align 1
+// CHECK: @.str.1 = private unnamed_addr addrspace(4) constant [6 x i8] c"l_str\00", align 1
+// CHECK: @_ZZ1fvE7l_array = private unnamed_addr addrspace(4) constant [8 x i8] c"l_array\00", align 1
+
+const char* g_str = "g_str";
+char g_array[] = "g_array";
+
+void g(const char* p);
+
+// CHECK-LABEL: define void @_Z1fv()
+void f() {
+  const char* l_str = "l_str";
+  
+  // CHECK: call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p4i8.i64
+  char l_array[] = "l_array";
+
+  g(g_str);
+  g(g_array);
+  g(l_str);
+  g(l_array);
+
+  const char* p = g_str;
+  g(p);
+}