Index: lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
+++ lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@
     if (NewLinkage == GV.getLinkage())
       return;
     if (GlobalValue::isLocalLinkage(GV.getLinkage()) ||
+        GlobalValue::isLocalLinkage(NewLinkage) ||
         // In case it was dead and already converted to declaration.
         GV.isDeclaration())
       return;
Index: test/ThinLTO/X86/weak_externals.ll
===================================================================
--- test/ThinLTO/X86/weak_externals.ll
+++ test/ThinLTO/X86/weak_externals.ll
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 ; RUN:               -r=%t.bc,_ZZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEvE8instance,lx \
 ; RUN:               -r=%t.bc,_ZZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEvE13instance_weak,lx
 ; RUN: llvm-dis %t.out.1.1.promote.bc -o - | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llvm-dis %t.out.1.2.internalize.bc -o - | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=INTERNALIZE
 
 ; CHECK: @_ZZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEvE8instance = available_externally dso_local global %struct.S zeroinitializer
 ; CHECK: @_ZZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEvE13instance_weak = available_externally dso_local global %struct.S* null, align 8
-; CHECK: define internal dereferenceable(16) %struct.S* @_ZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEv() comdat
+; CHECK: define linkonce_odr dso_local dereferenceable(16) %struct.S* @_ZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEv() comdat
+; INTERNALIZE: define internal dereferenceable(16) %struct.S* @_ZN9SingletonI1SE11getInstanceEv()
 
 target datalayout = "e-m:e-p270:32:32-p271:32:32-p272:64:64-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"