diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
index 84862811a9c..41fb0645c81 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -246,24 +246,25 @@ static StringRef getSectionPrefixForGlobal(SectionKind Kind) {
 const MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileELF::
 SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
                        Mangler &Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+  unsigned Flags = getELFSectionFlags(Kind);
+
   // If we have -ffunction-section or -fdata-section then we should emit the
   // global value to a uniqued section specifically for it.
-  bool EmitUniquedSection;
-  if (Kind.isText())
-    EmitUniquedSection = TM.getFunctionSections();
-  else
-    EmitUniquedSection = TM.getDataSections();
+  bool EmitUniquedSection = false;
+  if (!(Flags & ELF::SHF_MERGE) && !Kind.isCommon()) {
+    if (Kind.isText())
+      EmitUniquedSection = TM.getFunctionSections();
+    else
+      EmitUniquedSection = TM.getDataSections();
+  }
 
-  // If this global is linkonce/weak and the target handles this by emitting it
-  // into a 'uniqued' section name, create and return the section now.
-  if ((EmitUniquedSection && !Kind.isCommon()) || GV->hasComdat()) {
+  if (EmitUniquedSection || GV->hasComdat()) {
     StringRef Prefix = getSectionPrefixForGlobal(Kind);
 
     SmallString<128> Name(Prefix);
     TM.getNameWithPrefix(Name, GV, Mang, true);
 
     StringRef Group = "";
-    unsigned Flags = getELFSectionFlags(Kind);
     if (const Comdat *C = getELFComdat(GV)) {
       Flags |= ELF::SHF_GROUP;
       Group = C->getName();
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/X86/global-sections.ll b/test/CodeGen/X86/global-sections.ll
index 24be27161f4..29bf9963b2d 100644
--- a/test/CodeGen/X86/global-sections.ll
+++ b/test/CodeGen/X86/global-sections.ll
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ define void @F1() {
 ; LINUX: G7:
 ; LINUX:        .asciz  "abcdefghi"
 
-; LINUX-SECTIONS: .section        .rodata.G7,"aMS",@progbits,1
+; LINUX-SECTIONS: .section        .rodata.str1.1,"aMS",@progbits,1
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS:       .globl G7
 
 ; WIN32-SECTIONS: .section        .rdata,"rd",one_only,_G7
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ define void @F1() {
 @G14 = private unnamed_addr constant [4 x i8] c"foo\00", align 1
 
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS:        .type   .LG14,@object           # @G14
-; LINUX-SECTIONS:        .section        .rodata..LG14,"aMS",@progbits,1
+; LINUX-SECTIONS:        .section        .rodata.str1.1,"aMS",@progbits,1
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS: .LG14:
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS:        .asciz  "foo"
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS:        .size   .LG14, 4
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ define void @F1() {
 ; DARWIN64: .section       __TEXT,__const
 ; DARWIN64: _G15:
 
-; LINUX-SECTIONS: .section      .rodata.G15,"aM",@progbits,8
+; LINUX-SECTIONS: .section      .rodata.cst8,"aM",@progbits,8
 ; LINUX-SECTIONS: G15:
 
 ; WIN32-SECTIONS: .section      .rdata,"rd",one_only,_G15