Index: libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
===================================================================
--- libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
+++ libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -446,6 +446,16 @@
       DP("Entry point " DPxMOD " maps to global %s (" DPxMOD ")\n",
           DPxPTR(e - HostBegin), e->name, DPxPTR(cuptr));
       entry.addr = (void *)cuptr;
+      if (DeviceInfo.RequiresFlags & OMP_REQ_UNIFIED_SHARED_MEMORY &&
+          e->flags & OMP_DECLARE_TARGET_LINK) {
+        // If unified memory is present any target link variables
+        // can access host addresses directly. There is no longer a
+        // need for device copies.
+        cuMemcpyHtoD(cuptr, e->addr, sizeof(void *));
+        DP("Copy linked variable host address (" DPxMOD ")"
+           "to device address (" DPxMOD ")\n",
+          DPxPTR(*((void**)e->addr)), DPxPTR(cuptr));
+      }
 
       DeviceInfo.addOffloadEntry(device_id, entry);