diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/ELFWriter.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/ELFWriter.cpp
index 25c2e02599e..b321a15addd 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/ELFWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/ELFWriter.cpp
@@ -662,12 +662,16 @@ bool ELFWriter::EmitSpecialLLVMGlobal(const GlobalVariable *GV) {
 void ELFWriter::EmitXXStructorList(Constant *List, ELFSection &Xtor) {
   // Should be an array of '{ i32, void ()* }' structs.  The first value is the
   // init priority, which we ignore.
+  if (List->isNullValue()) return;
   ConstantArray *InitList = cast<ConstantArray>(List);
   for (unsigned i = 0, e = InitList->getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) {
+    if (InitList->getOperand(i)->isNullValue())
+      continue;
     ConstantStruct *CS = cast<ConstantStruct>(InitList->getOperand(i));
 
     if (CS->getOperand(1)->isNullValue())
-      return;  // Found a null terminator, exit printing.
+      continue;
+
     // Emit the function pointer.
     EmitGlobalConstant(CS->getOperand(1), Xtor);
   }
diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
index 13e07acc151..6d767be492b 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -313,13 +313,17 @@ void ExecutionEngine::runStaticConstructorsDestructors(Module *module,
 
   // Should be an array of '{ i32, void ()* }' structs.  The first value is
   // the init priority, which we ignore.
+  if (isa<ConstantAggregateZero>(GV->getInitializer()))
+    return;
   ConstantArray *InitList = cast<ConstantArray>(GV->getInitializer());
   for (unsigned i = 0, e = InitList->getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) {
+    if (isa<ConstantAggregateZero>(InitList->getOperand(i)))
+      continue;
     ConstantStruct *CS = cast<ConstantStruct>(InitList->getOperand(i));
 
     Constant *FP = CS->getOperand(1);
     if (FP->isNullValue())
-      break;  // Found a null terminator, exit.
+      continue;  // Found a sentinal value, ignore.
 
     // Strip off constant expression casts.
     if (ConstantExpr *CE = dyn_cast<ConstantExpr>(FP))
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp b/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
index ca4ea5c5857..ded58aca75f 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/IPO/GlobalOpt.cpp
@@ -1954,14 +1954,15 @@ GlobalVariable *GlobalOpt::FindGlobalCtors(Module &M) {
   // Verify that the initializer is simple enough for us to handle. We are
   // only allowed to optimize the initializer if it is unique.
   if (!GV->hasUniqueInitializer()) return 0;
-  
-  ConstantArray *CA = dyn_cast<ConstantArray>(GV->getInitializer());
-  if (!CA) return 0;
+
+  if (isa<ConstantAggregateZero>(GV->getInitializer()))
+    return GV;
+  ConstantArray *CA = cast<ConstantArray>(GV->getInitializer());
 
   for (User::op_iterator i = CA->op_begin(), e = CA->op_end(); i != e; ++i) {
-    ConstantStruct *CS = dyn_cast<ConstantStruct>(*i);
-    if (!CS) return 0;
-
+    if (isa<ConstantAggregateZero>(*i))
+      continue;
+    ConstantStruct *CS = cast<ConstantStruct>(*i);
     if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(CS->getOperand(1)))
       continue;
 
@@ -1981,6 +1982,8 @@ GlobalVariable *GlobalOpt::FindGlobalCtors(Module &M) {
 /// ParseGlobalCtors - Given a llvm.global_ctors list that we can understand,
 /// return a list of the functions and null terminator as a vector.
 static std::vector<Function*> ParseGlobalCtors(GlobalVariable *GV) {
+  if (GV->getInitializer()->isNullValue())
+    return std::vector<Function*>();
   ConstantArray *CA = cast<ConstantArray>(GV->getInitializer());
   std::vector<Function*> Result;
   Result.reserve(CA->getNumOperands());
@@ -2011,7 +2014,7 @@ static GlobalVariable *InstallGlobalCtors(GlobalVariable *GCL,
       const PointerType *PFTy = PointerType::getUnqual(FTy);
       CSVals[1] = Constant::getNullValue(PFTy);
       CSVals[0] = ConstantInt::get(Type::getInt32Ty(GCL->getContext()),
-                                   2147483647);
+                                   0x7fffffff);
     }
     CAList.push_back(ConstantStruct::get(GCL->getContext(), CSVals, false));
   }