diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
index 5d16f043e2a..66ba3ec7af8 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp
@@ -523,6 +523,11 @@ getExplicitSectionGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
 const MCSection *TargetLoweringObjectFileMachO::
 SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
                        Mangler *Mang, const TargetMachine &TM) const {
+
+  // Handle thread local data.
+  if (Kind.isThreadBSS()) return TLSBSSSection;
+  if (Kind.isThreadData()) return TLSDataSection;
+
   if (Kind.isText())
     return GV->isWeakForLinker() ? TextCoalSection : TextSection;
 
@@ -575,10 +580,6 @@ SelectSectionForGlobal(const GlobalValue *GV, SectionKind Kind,
   if (Kind.isBSSLocal())
     return DataBSSSection;
 
-  // Handle thread local data.
-  if (Kind.isThreadBSS()) return TLSBSSSection;
-  if (Kind.isThreadData()) return TLSDataSection;
-
   // Otherwise, just drop the variable in the normal data section.
   return DataSection;
 }