diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/AddressSanitizer.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/AddressSanitizer.cpp
index 72825f5f6f4..511c63b5eb9 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/AddressSanitizer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/AddressSanitizer.cpp
@@ -562,13 +562,13 @@ static GlobalVariable *createPrivateGlobalForString(
     Module &M, StringRef Str, bool AllowMerging) {
   Constant *StrConst = ConstantDataArray::getString(M.getContext(), Str);
   // For module-local strings that can be merged with another one we set the
-  // internal linkage and the unnamed_addr attribute.
+  // private linkage and the unnamed_addr attribute.
   // Non-mergeable strings are made linker_private to remove them from the
   // symbol table. "private" linkage doesn't work for Darwin, where the
   // "L"-prefixed globals  end up in __TEXT,__const section
   // (see http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=17976 for more info).
   GlobalValue::LinkageTypes linkage =
-      AllowMerging ? GlobalValue::InternalLinkage
+      AllowMerging ? GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage
                    : GlobalValue::LinkerPrivateLinkage;
   GlobalVariable *GV =
       new GlobalVariable(M, StrConst->getType(), true,