Index: lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
+++ lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
@@ -961,7 +961,8 @@
     new GlobalVariable(*DstGV->getParent(), NewType, SrcGV->isConstant(),
                        DstGV->getLinkage(), /*init*/nullptr, /*name*/"", DstGV,
                        DstGV->getThreadLocalMode(),
-                       DstGV->getType()->getAddressSpace());
+                       DstGV->getType()->getAddressSpace(),
+                       DstGV->isExternallyInitialized());
 
   // Propagate alignment, visibility and section info.
   copyGVAttributes(NG, DstGV);
@@ -1100,7 +1101,8 @@
       *DstM, TypeMap.get(SGVar->getType()->getElementType()),
       SGVar->isConstant(), SGVar->getLinkage(), /*init*/ nullptr,
       SGVar->getName(), /*insertbefore*/ nullptr, SGVar->getThreadLocalMode(),
-      SGVar->getType()->getAddressSpace());
+      SGVar->getType()->getAddressSpace(),
+      SGVar->isExternallyInitialized());
 
   if (Alignment)
     NewDGV->setAlignment(Alignment);