diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -425,7 +425,8 @@
                                                            MMI, Streamer);
 }
 
-static SectionKind getELFKindForNamedSection(StringRef Name, SectionKind K) {
+static SectionKind getELFKindForNamedSection(MCContext &Ctx, StringRef Name,
+                                             SectionKind K) {
   // N.B.: The defaults used in here are not the same ones used in MC.
   // We follow gcc, MC follows gas. For example, given ".section .eh_frame",
   // both gas and MC will produce a section with no flags. Given
@@ -441,7 +442,8 @@
     return SectionKind::getMetadata();
 
   if (Name == getInstrProfSectionName(IPSK_cnts, Triple::ELF,
-                                      /*AddSegmentInfo=*/false))
+                                      /*AddSegmentInfo=*/false) &&
+      Ctx.getAsmInfo()->binutilsIsAtLeast(2, 28))
     return SectionKind::getBSS();
 
   if (Name.empty() || Name[0] != '.') return K;
@@ -674,7 +676,7 @@
   }
 
   // Infer section flags from the section name if we can.
-  Kind = getELFKindForNamedSection(SectionName, Kind);
+  Kind = getELFKindForNamedSection(getContext(), SectionName, Kind);
 
   StringRef Group = "";
   bool IsComdat = false;