diff --git a/lib/MC/WinCOFFStreamer.cpp b/lib/MC/WinCOFFStreamer.cpp
index 0c205e50709..af313b2ff88 100644
--- a/lib/MC/WinCOFFStreamer.cpp
+++ b/lib/MC/WinCOFFStreamer.cpp
@@ -140,28 +140,12 @@ void WinCOFFStreamer::AddCommonSymbol(MCSymbol *Symbol, uint64_t Size,
                                       unsigned ByteAlignment, bool External) {
   assert(!Symbol->isInSection() && "Symbol must not already have a section!");
 
-  std::string SectionName(".bss$linkonce");
-  SectionName.append(Symbol->getName().begin(), Symbol->getName().end());
-
-  MCSymbolData &SymbolData = getAssembler().getOrCreateSymbolData(*Symbol);
-
-  unsigned Characteristics =
-    COFF::IMAGE_SCN_LNK_COMDAT |
-    COFF::IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA |
-    COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ |
-    COFF::IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE;
-
-  int Selection = COFF::IMAGE_COMDAT_SELECT_LARGEST;
-
-  const MCSection *Section = MCStreamer::getContext().getCOFFSection(
-      SectionName, Characteristics, SectionKind::getBSS(), Symbol->getName(),
-      Selection);
-
+  const MCSectionCOFF *Section = getSectionBSS();
   MCSectionData &SectionData = getAssembler().getOrCreateSectionData(*Section);
-
   if (SectionData.getAlignment() < ByteAlignment)
     SectionData.setAlignment(ByteAlignment);
 
+  MCSymbolData &SymbolData = getAssembler().getOrCreateSymbolData(*Symbol);
   SymbolData.setExternal(External);
 
   AssignSection(Symbol, Section);
diff --git a/test/MC/COFF/comm.s b/test/MC/COFF/comm.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21ae5d25dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/COFF/comm.s
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple i686-pc-win32 %s | llvm-readobj -t | FileCheck %s
+
+.lcomm _a,4,4
+.comm	_b, 4, 2
+
+
+// CHECK:       Symbol {
+// CHECK:         Name: _a
+// CHECK-NEXT:    Value:
+// CHECK-NEXT:    Section: .bss
+// CHECK-NEXT:    BaseType: Null
+// CHECK-NEXT:    ComplexType: Null
+// CHECK-NEXT:    StorageClass: Static
+// CHECK-NEXT:    AuxSymbolCount: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT:  }
+
+// CHECK:       Symbol {
+// CHECK:         Name: _b
+// CHECK-NEXT:    Value: 4
+// CHECK-NEXT:    Section: .bss
+// CHECK-NEXT:    BaseType: Null
+// CHECK-NEXT:    ComplexType: Null
+// CHECK-NEXT:    StorageClass: External
+// CHECK-NEXT:    AuxSymbolCount: 0
+// CHECK-NEXT:  }