diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/MCTargetDesc/PPCMCTargetDesc.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "MCTargetDesc/PPCInstPrinter.h"
 #include "MCTargetDesc/PPCMCAsmInfo.h"
 #include "PPCTargetStreamer.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Triple.h"
 #include "llvm/BinaryFormat/ELF.h"
@@ -181,16 +182,33 @@
 
   void emitAssignment(MCSymbol *S, const MCExpr *Value) override {
     auto *Symbol = cast<MCSymbolELF>(S);
+
     // When encoding an assignment to set symbol A to symbol B, also copy
     // the st_other bits encoding the local entry point offset.
-    if (Value->getKind() != MCExpr::SymbolRef)
-      return;
-    const auto &RhsSym = cast<MCSymbolELF>(
-        static_cast<const MCSymbolRefExpr *>(Value)->getSymbol());
-    unsigned Other = Symbol->getOther();
+    if (copyLocalEntry(Symbol, Value))
+      UpdateOther.insert(Symbol);
+    else
+      UpdateOther.erase(Symbol);
+  }
+
+  void finish() override {
+    for (auto *Sym : UpdateOther)
+      copyLocalEntry(Sym, Sym->getVariableValue());
+  }
+
+private:
+  SmallPtrSet<MCSymbolELF *, 32> UpdateOther;
+
+  bool copyLocalEntry(MCSymbolELF *D, const MCExpr *S) {
+    auto *Ref = dyn_cast<const MCSymbolRefExpr>(S);
+    if (!Ref)
+      return false;
+    const auto &RhsSym = cast<MCSymbolELF>(Ref->getSymbol());
+    unsigned Other = D->getOther();
     Other &= ~ELF::STO_PPC64_LOCAL_MASK;
     Other |= RhsSym.getOther() & ELF::STO_PPC64_LOCAL_MASK;
-    Symbol->setOther(Other);
+    D->setOther(Other);
+    return true;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symver.s b/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symbols.s
rename from llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symver.s
rename to llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symbols.s
--- a/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symver.s
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/PowerPC/ppc64-localentry-symbols.s
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 # CHECK: 0000000000000000 gw    F .text  00000000 0x60 __impl_foo
 # CHECK: 0000000000000000 g     F .text  00000000 0x60 foo
 # CHECK: 0000000000000000 gw    F .text  00000000 0x60 foo@FBSD_1.1
+# CHECK: 0000000000000008 g     F .text  00000000 0x60 func
+# CHECK: 0000000000000008 gw    F .text  00000000 0x60 weak_func
+
+.text
+.abiversion 2
 
 .globl foo
 .type foo,@function
@@ -15,3 +20,15 @@
 .symver __impl_foo, foo@FBSD_1.1
 .weak   __impl_foo
 .set    __impl_foo, foo
+
+.globl  func
+# Mimick FreeBSD weak function/reference
+.weak   weak_func
+.equ    weak_func, func
+
+.p2align 2
+.type    func,@function
+func:
+  nop
+  nop
+  .localentry func, 8