diff --git a/include/llvm/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.h b/include/llvm/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.h
index 7c32a5e3d0c..7fcb171ab3d 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.h
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public:
 protected:
   virtual const MCSection *
   SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
-                         Mangler &Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const;
+                         Mangler &Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const = 0;
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
diff --git a/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXISelLowering.cpp
index 866017e49db..26d0b4c8c92 100644
--- a/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXISelLowering.cpp
@@ -4496,3 +4496,10 @@ NVPTXTargetObjectFile::~NVPTXTargetObjectFile() {
   delete DwarfRangesSection;
   delete DwarfMacroInfoSection;
 }
+
+const MCSection *
+NVPTXTargetObjectFile::SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV,
+                                              SectionKind Kind, Mangler &Mang,
+                                              const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+  return getDataSection();
+}
diff --git a/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXTargetObjectFile.h b/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXTargetObjectFile.h
index c9b091e1c69..00ceca50a9f 100644
--- a/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXTargetObjectFile.h
+++ b/lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXTargetObjectFile.h
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ public:
     return DataSection;
   }
 
+  const MCSection *
+  SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind, Mangler &Mang,
+                         const TargetMachine &TM) const override;
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm
diff --git a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
index e63bc2b69cc..01139fb20cf 100644
--- a/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/TargetLoweringObjectFile.cpp
@@ -275,25 +275,6 @@ bool TargetLoweringObjectFile::isSectionAtomizableBySymbols(
   return false;
 }
 
-// Lame default implementation. Calculate the section name for global.
-const MCSection *
-TargetLoweringObjectFile::SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV,
-                                                 SectionKind Kind,
-                                                 Mangler &Mang,
-                                                 const TargetMachine &TM) const{
-  assert(!Kind.isThreadLocal() && "Doesn't support TLS");
-
-  if (Kind.isText())
-    return getTextSection();
-
-  if (Kind.isBSS() && BSSSection != nullptr)
-    return BSSSection;
-
-  if (Kind.isReadOnly() && ReadOnlySection != nullptr)
-    return ReadOnlySection;
-
-  return getDataSection();
-}
 
 /// getSectionForConstant - Given a mergable constant with the
 /// specified size and relocation information, return a section that it