diff --git a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h
index e9793fe4b66..4b9bc829381 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ void filterDeadComdatFunctions(
     Module &M, SmallVectorImpl<Function *> &DeadComdatFunctions);
 
 /// \brief Produce a unique identifier for this module by taking the MD5 sum of
-/// the names of the module's strong external symbols.
+/// the names of the module's strong external symbols that are not comdat
+/// members.
 ///
 /// This identifier is normally guaranteed to be unique, or the program would
 /// fail to link due to multiply defined symbols.
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.cpp
index 2ef3d6336ae..ba4b7f3cc26 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/ModuleUtils.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ std::string llvm::getUniqueModuleId(Module *M) {
   bool ExportsSymbols = false;
   auto AddGlobal = [&](GlobalValue &GV) {
     if (GV.isDeclaration() || GV.getName().startswith("llvm.") ||
-        !GV.hasExternalLinkage())
+        !GV.hasExternalLinkage() || GV.hasComdat())
       return;
     ExportsSymbols = true;
     Md5.update(GV.getName());
diff --git a/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll b/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
index d555ab0c1f6..48f2900da36 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/filter-alias.ll
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ $al = comdat any
 
 @al = external unnamed_addr alias i8*, getelementptr inbounds ({ [1 x i8*] }, { [1 x i8*] }* @anon, i32 0, i32 0, i32 1)
 
+@foo = global i32 1
+
 !0 = !{i64 8, !"?AVA@@"}
diff --git a/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/unsplittable.ll b/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/unsplittable.ll
index 718013e39b3..41b5bba79ad 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/unsplittable.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/ThinLTOBitcodeWriter/unsplittable.ll
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@ define internal void @f() {
   ret void
 }
 
+$h = comdat any
+; CHECK: define void @h() comdat
+define void @h() comdat {
+  ret void
+}
+
 !0 = !{i32 0, !"typeid"}