Index: lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
+++ lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
@@ -2572,7 +2572,7 @@
                                         PtrName);
       if (!CGM.getLangOpts().OpenMPIsDevice) {
         auto *GV = cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(Ptr);
-        GV->setLinkage(llvm::GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage);
+        GV->setLinkage(llvm::GlobalValue::WeakAnyLinkage);
         GV->setInitializer(CGM.GetAddrOfGlobal(VD));
       }
       CGM.addUsedGlobal(cast<llvm::GlobalValue>(Ptr));
Index: test/OpenMP/declare_target_link_codegen.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/OpenMP/declare_target_link_codegen.cpp
+++ test/OpenMP/declare_target_link_codegen.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #define HEADER
 
 // HOST-DAG: @c = external global i32,
-// HOST-DAG: @c_decl_tgt_ref_ptr = global i32* @c
+// HOST-DAG: @c_decl_tgt_ref_ptr = weak global i32* @c
 // DEVICE-NOT: @c =
 // DEVICE: @c_decl_tgt_ref_ptr = common global i32* null
 // HOST: [[SIZES:@.+]] = private unnamed_addr constant [2 x i64] [i64 4, i64 4]
Index: test/OpenMP/nvptx_target_requires_unified_shared_memory.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/OpenMP/nvptx_target_requires_unified_shared_memory.cpp
+++ test/OpenMP/nvptx_target_requires_unified_shared_memory.cpp
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 }
 
 // CHECK-HOST: [[VAR:@.+]] = global double 1.000000e+01
-// CHECK-HOST: [[VAR_DECL_TGT_LINK_PTR:@.+]] = global double* [[VAR]]
+// CHECK-HOST: [[VAR_DECL_TGT_LINK_PTR:@.+]] = weak global double* [[VAR]]
 
 // CHECK-HOST: [[TO_VAR:@.+]] = global double 2.000000e+01
-// CHECK-HOST: [[VAR_DECL_TGT_TO_PTR:@.+]] = global double* [[TO_VAR]]
+// CHECK-HOST: [[VAR_DECL_TGT_TO_PTR:@.+]] = weak global double* [[TO_VAR]]
 
 // CHECK-HOST: [[OFFLOAD_SIZES:@.+]] = private unnamed_addr constant [2 x i64] [i64 4, i64 8]
 // CHECK-HOST: [[OFFLOAD_MAPTYPES:@.+]] = private unnamed_addr constant [2 x i64] [i64 800, i64 800]