diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kAsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kAsmPrinter.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "M68k.h"
 #include "M68kMachineFunction.h"
+#include "TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h"
 
 #include "llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h"
 
@@ -65,5 +66,5 @@
 void M68kAsmPrinter::emitEndOfAsmFile(Module &M) {}
 
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeM68kAsmPrinter() {
-  RegisterAsmPrinter<M68kAsmPrinter> X(TheM68kTarget);
+  RegisterAsmPrinter<M68kAsmPrinter> X(getTheM68kTarget());
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kTargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kTargetMachine.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/M68kTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include "M68kTargetMachine.h"
 #include "M68k.h"
+#include "TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h"
 
 #include "M68kSubtarget.h"
 #include "M68kTargetObjectFile.h"
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "m68k"
 
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeM68kTarget() {
-  RegisterTargetMachine<M68kTargetMachine> X(TheM68kTarget);
+  RegisterTargetMachine<M68kTargetMachine> X(getTheM68kTarget());
 }
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.h b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.h
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.h
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 class raw_ostream;
 class raw_pwrite_stream;
 
-extern Target TheM68kTarget;
-
 MCAsmBackend *createM68kAsmBackend(const Target &T, const MCSubtargetInfo &STI,
                                    const MCRegisterInfo &MRI,
                                    const MCTargetOptions &Options);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.cpp
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "M68kMCTargetDesc.h"
-
-#include "M68kMCAsmInfo.h"
-
 #include "M68kInstPrinter.h"
+#include "M68kMCAsmInfo.h"
+#include "TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h"
 
 #include "llvm/MC/MCELFStreamer.h"
 #include "llvm/MC/MCInstPrinter.h"
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@
 }
 
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeM68kTargetMC() {
-  Target &T = TheM68kTarget;
+  Target &T = getTheM68kTarget();
 
   // Register the MC asm info.
   RegisterMCAsmInfoFn X(T, createM68kMCAsmInfo);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+//===-- M68kTargetInfo.h - M68k Target Implementation -----------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIB_TARGET_M68K_TARGETINFO_M68KTARGETINFO_H
+#define LLVM_LIB_TARGET_M68K_TARGETINFO_M68KTARGETINFO_H
+
+namespace llvm {
+class Target;
+
+Target &getTheM68kTarget();
+} // namespace llvm
+
+#endif // LLVM_LIB_TARGET_M68K_TARGETINFO_M68KTARGETINFO_H
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/M68k/TargetInfo/M68kTargetInfo.cpp
@@ -10,14 +10,18 @@
 /// This file contains M68k target initializer.
 ///
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-#include "MCTargetDesc/M68kMCTargetDesc.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/TargetRegistry.h"
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
-Target llvm::TheM68kTarget;
+namespace llvm {
+Target &getTheM68kTarget() {
+  static Target TheM68kTarget;
+  return TheM68kTarget;
+}
+} // namespace llvm
 
 extern "C" void LLVMInitializeM68kTargetInfo() {
   RegisterTarget<Triple::m68k, /*HasJIT=*/true> X(
-      TheM68kTarget, "m68k", "Motorola 68000 family", "M68k");
+      getTheM68kTarget(), "m68k", "Motorola 68000 family", "M68k");
 }