diff --git a/lib/Target/PIC16/PIC16AsmPrinter.cpp b/lib/Target/PIC16/PIC16AsmPrinter.cpp
index ea4515696a5..f0e4cbaae6a 100644
--- a/lib/Target/PIC16/PIC16AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/PIC16/PIC16AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ bool PIC16AsmPrinter::doInitialization(Module &M) {
   // Set the section names for all globals.
   for (Module::global_iterator I = M.global_begin(), E = M.global_end();
        I != E; ++I)
-    I->setSection(getObjFileLowering().SectionForGlobal(I, Mang,TM)->getName());
+    if (!I->isDeclaration())
+      I->setSection(getObjFileLowering().
+                    SectionForGlobal(I, Mang,TM)->getName());
 
   DbgInfo.BeginModule(M);
   EmitFunctionDecls(M);