diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
@@ -992,6 +992,8 @@
     GV.replaceAllUsesWith(NewGV);
     return false;
   }
+  if (!GV.isImplicitDSOLocal())
+    GV.setDSOLocal(false);
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/split-dsolocal.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/split-dsolocal.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/split-dsolocal.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+; RUN: opt -thinlto-bc -thinlto-split-lto-unit -o %t %s
+; RUN: llvm-modextract -b -n 0 -o %t0.bc %t
+; RUN: llvm-modextract -b -n 1 -o %t1.bc %t
+; RUN: llvm-dis -o - %t0.bc | FileCheck --check-prefix=M0 %s
+; RUN: llvm-dis -o - %t1.bc | FileCheck --check-prefix=M1 %s
+
+; M0: @g = external constant [1 x i8]
+; M1: @g = dso_local constant [1 x i8] c"0", !type !0
+@g = dso_local constant [1 x i8] c"0", !type !0
+
+define [1 x i8]* @f() {
+  ret [1 x i8]* @g
+}
+
+!0 = !{i32 0, !"typeid"}