diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CGOpenMPRuntime.cpp
@@ -10880,11 +10880,13 @@
       std::string RefName = getName({VarName, "ref"});
       if (!CGM.GetGlobalValue(RefName)) {
         llvm::Constant *AddrRef =
-            getOrCreateInternalVariable(Addr->getType(), RefName);
+            getOrCreateInternalVariable(CGM.VoidPtrTy, RefName);
         auto *GVAddrRef = cast<llvm::GlobalVariable>(AddrRef);
         GVAddrRef->setConstant(/*Val=*/true);
         GVAddrRef->setLinkage(llvm::GlobalValue::InternalLinkage);
-        GVAddrRef->setInitializer(Addr);
+        GVAddrRef->setInitializer(
+            llvm::ConstantExpr::getPointerBitCastOrAddrSpaceCast(
+                Addr, CGM.VoidPtrTy));
         CGM.addCompilerUsedGlobal(GVAddrRef);
       }
     }
diff --git a/clang/test/OpenMP/declare_target_codegen.cpp b/clang/test/OpenMP/declare_target_codegen.cpp
--- a/clang/test/OpenMP/declare_target_codegen.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/OpenMP/declare_target_codegen.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@
 // CHECK-DAG: @c = external global i32,
 // CHECK-DAG: @globals ={{ hidden | }}global %struct.S zeroinitializer,
 // CHECK-DAG: [[STAT:@.+stat]] = internal global %struct.S zeroinitializer,
-// CHECK-DAG: [[STAT_REF:@.+]] = internal constant %struct.S* [[STAT]]
+// CHECK-DAG: [[STAT_REF:@.+]] = internal constant i8* bitcast (%struct.S* [[STAT]] to i8*)
 // CHECK-DAG: @out_decl_target ={{ hidden | }}global i32 0,
 // CHECK-DAG: @llvm.used = appending global [2 x i8*] [i8* bitcast (void ()* @__omp_offloading__{{.+}}_globals_l[[@LINE+84]]_ctor to i8*), i8* bitcast (void ()* @__omp_offloading__{{.+}}_stat_l[[@LINE+85]]_ctor to i8*)],
-// CHECK-DAG: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x i8*] [i8* bitcast (%struct.S** [[STAT_REF]] to i8*)],
+// CHECK-DAG: @llvm.compiler.used = appending global [1 x i8*] [i8* bitcast (i8** [[STAT_REF]] to i8*)],
 
 // CHECK-DAG: define {{.*}}i32 @{{.*}}{{foo|bar|baz2|baz3|FA|f_method}}{{.*}}()
 // CHECK-DAG: define {{.*}}void @{{.*}}TemplateClass{{.*}}(%class.TemplateClass* {{[^,]*}} %{{.*}})
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/ref_to_shared.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/ref_to_shared.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/offloading/ref_to_shared.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compilexx-run-and-check-nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
+// REQUIRES: nvptx64-nvidia-cuda
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <omp.h>
+#pragma omp declare target
+
+static int X;
+#pragma omp allocate(X) allocator(omp_pteam_mem_alloc)
+
+int main() {
+  // CHECK: PASS
+  std::cout << "PASS\n";
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#pragma omp end declare target