diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUTargetStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUTargetStreamer.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUTargetStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/AMDGPUTargetStreamer.cpp
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@
 
   S.PushSection();
   S.SwitchSection(Context.getELFSection(
-    ElfNote::SectionName, ELF::SHT_NOTE, 0));
+    ElfNote::SectionName, ELF::SHT_NOTE, ELF::SHF_ALLOC));
   S.emitIntValue(NameSZ, 4);                                  // namesz
   S.emitValue(DescSZ, 4);                                     // descz
   S.emitIntValue(NoteType, 4);                                // type
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/hsa.ll
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 ; ELF: }
 
 ; ELF: SHT_NOTE
-; ELF: Flags [ (0x0)
+; ELF: Flags [ (0x2)
+; ELF: SHF_ALLOC (0x2)
 ; ELF: ]
 ; ELF: SectionData (
 ; ELF: 0000: 04000000 08000000 01000000 414D4400