diff --git a/lib/Target/Alpha/AsmPrinter/AlphaAsmPrinter.cpp b/lib/Target/Alpha/AsmPrinter/AlphaAsmPrinter.cpp
index b2e63e606f4..b2b8fcdf383 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Alpha/AsmPrinter/AlphaAsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Alpha/AsmPrinter/AlphaAsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ bool AlphaAsmPrinter::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
   switch (F->getLinkage()) {
   default: assert(0 && "Unknown linkage type!");
   case Function::InternalLinkage:  // Symbols default to internal.
+  case Function::PrivateLinkage:
     break;
    case Function::ExternalLinkage:
      O << "\t.globl " << CurrentFnName << "\n";
@@ -169,7 +170,6 @@ bool AlphaAsmPrinter::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
 
   O << "\t.ent " << CurrentFnName << "\n";
 
-  assert (!F->hasPrivateLinkage() && "add private prefix.");
   O << CurrentFnName << ":\n";
 
   // Print out code for the function.
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ void AlphaAsmPrinter::printModuleLevelGV(const GlobalVariable* GVar) {
       O << TAI->getGlobalDirective() << name << "\n";
       break;
     case GlobalValue::InternalLinkage:
+    case GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage:
       break;
     default:
       assert(0 && "Unknown linkage type!");
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/Alpha/private.ll b/test/CodeGen/Alpha/private.ll
index 8bb82536554..2d9ed1e413d 100644
--- a/test/CodeGen/Alpha/private.ll
+++ b/test/CodeGen/Alpha/private.ll
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ; Test to make sure that the 'private' is used correctly.
 ;
-; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc > %t
-; RUN: grep .Lfoo: %t
-; RUN: grep call.*\.Lfoo %t
-; RUN: grep .Lbaz: %t
-; RUN: grep movl.*\.Lbaz %t
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=alpha > %t
+; RUN: grep \\\$foo: %t
+; RUN: grep bsr.*\\\$\\\$foo %t
+; RUN: grep \\\$baz: %t
+; RUN: grep ldah.*\\\$baz %t
 
 declare void @foo()