diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -685,8 +685,7 @@
   OutStreamer->SwitchSection(getObjFileLowering().SectionForGlobal(&F, TM));
   emitVisibility(CurrentFnSym, F.getVisibility());
 
-  if (MAI->needsFunctionDescriptors() &&
-      F.getLinkage() != GlobalValue::InternalLinkage)
+  if (MAI->needsFunctionDescriptors())
     emitLinkage(&F, CurrentFnDescSym);
 
   emitLinkage(&F, CurrentFnSym);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCXCOFFStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCXCOFFStreamer.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCXCOFFStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCXCOFFStreamer.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "llvm/BinaryFormat/XCOFF.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCAsmBackend.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCCodeEmitter.h"
+#include "llvm/MC/MCDirectives.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCObjectWriter.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCSymbolXCOFF.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCXCOFFStreamer.h"
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@
     Symbol->setStorageClass(XCOFF::C_EXT);
     Symbol->setExternal(true);
     break;
+  case MCSA_LGlobal:
+    Symbol->setStorageClass(XCOFF::C_HIDEXT);
+    break;
   default:
     report_fatal_error("Not implemented yet.");
   }
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-internal.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-internal.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/aix-internal.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple powerpc-ibm-aix -verify-machineinstrs -mcpu=pwr4  \
+; RUN: -filetype=obj -o %t.o < %s
+; RUN: llvm-readobj --syms %t.o | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: not --crash llc -mtriple powerpc64-ibm-aix -verify-machineinstrs -mcpu=pwr4 \
+; RUN: -filetype=obj -o %t.o < %s 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=64-CHECK %s
+
+; Function Attrs: noinline nounwind optnone
+define internal i32 @foo() #0 {
+  ret i32 1
+}
+
+;CHECK:  Symbol {
+;CHECK:       Name: .foo
+;CHECK-NEXT:  Value (RelocatableAddress):
+;CHECK-NEXT:  Section: .text
+;CHECK-NEXT:  Type: 0x0
+;CHECK-NEXT:  StorageClass: C_HIDEXT (0x6B)
+
+;CHECK:  Symbol {
+;CHECK:      Name: foo
+;CHECK-NEXT: Value (RelocatableAddress):
+;CHECK-NEXT: Section: .data
+;CHECK-NEXT: Type: 0x0
+;CHECK-NEXT: StorageClass: C_HIDEXT (0x6B)
+
+;64-CHECK: LLVM ERROR: 64-bit XCOFF object files are not supported yet.
\ No newline at end of file