Index: lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -3869,7 +3869,8 @@
   // / cudaMemcpyToSymbol() / cudaMemcpyFromSymbol())."
   if (GV && LangOpts.CUDA) {
     if (LangOpts.CUDAIsDevice) {
-      if (D->hasAttr<CUDADeviceAttr>() || D->hasAttr<CUDAConstantAttr>())
+      if (Linkage != llvm::GlobalValue::InternalLinkage &&
+          (D->hasAttr<CUDADeviceAttr>() || D->hasAttr<CUDAConstantAttr>()))
         GV->setExternallyInitialized(true);
     } else {
       // Host-side shadows of external declarations of device-side
Index: test/CodeGenCUDA/device-var-init.cu
===================================================================
--- test/CodeGenCUDA/device-var-init.cu
+++ test/CodeGenCUDA/device-var-init.cu
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@
 // DEVICE: @d_v_i = addrspace(1) externally_initialized global i32 1,
 // HOST:   @d_v_i = internal global i32 undef,
 
+// For `static` device variables, assume they won't be addressed from the host
+// side.
+static __device__ int d_s_v_i = 1;
+// DEVICE: @_ZL7d_s_v_i = internal addrspace(1) global i32 1,
+
+// Dummy function to keep static variables referenced.
+__device__ int foo() {
+  return d_s_v_i;
+}
+
 // trivial constructor -- allowed
 __device__ T d_t;
 // DEVICE: @d_t = addrspace(1) externally_initialized global %struct.T zeroinitializer