diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/FunctionImportUtils.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/FunctionImportUtils.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/FunctionImportUtils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/FunctionImportUtils.cpp
@@ -239,11 +239,20 @@
   // propagateConstants hasn't been run. We can't internalize GV
   // in such case.
   if (!GV.isDeclaration() && VI && ImportIndex.withGlobalValueDeadStripping()) {
-    const auto &SL = VI.getSummaryList();
-    auto *GVS = SL.empty() ? nullptr : dyn_cast<GlobalVarSummary>(SL[0].get());
-    // At this stage "maybe" is "definitely"
-    if (GVS && (GVS->maybeReadOnly() || GVS->maybeWriteOnly()))
-      cast<GlobalVariable>(&GV)->addAttribute("thinlto-internalize");
+    if (GlobalVariable *V = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(&GV)) {
+      GlobalVarSummary* GVS = nullptr;
+      for (auto &S : VI.getSummaryList()) {
+        GVS = dyn_cast<GlobalVarSummary>(S->getBaseObject());
+        if (GVS) {
+          if (GVS->modulePath() == M.getModuleIdentifier())
+            break;
+          GVS = nullptr;
+        }
+      }
+      // At this stage "maybe" is "definitely"
+      if (GVS && (GVS->maybeReadOnly() || GVS->maybeWriteOnly()))
+        V->addAttribute("thinlto-internalize");
+    }
   }
 
   bool DoPromote = false;
diff --git a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/Inputs/guid_collision.ll b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/Inputs/guid_collision.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/Inputs/guid_collision.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
+
+; The source for the GUID for this symbol will be -:F
+source_filename = "-"
+define internal fastcc i64 @F() {
+  ret i64 0
+}
+
+; Needed to give llvm-lto2 something to do
+@dummy2 = global i32 0
+
diff --git a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/guid_collision.ll b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/guid_collision.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/guid_collision.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+; Make sure LTO succeeds even if %t.bc contains a GlobalVariable F and
+; %t2.bc cointains a Function F with the same GUID.
+;
+; RUN: opt -module-summary %s -o %t.bc
+; RUN: opt -module-summary %p/Inputs/guid_collision.ll -o %t2.bc
+; RUN: llvm-lto2 run %t.bc %t2.bc -o %t.out \
+; RUN: -r=%t.bc,dummy,px -r=%t2.bc,dummy2,px
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
+
+; The source for the GUID for this symbol will be -:F
+source_filename = "-"
+@F = internal constant i8 0
+
+; Needed to give llvm-lto2 something to do
+@dummy = global i32 0