diff --git a/include/llvm/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.h b/include/llvm/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.h
index 4f78d27b10d..edf50f449d0 100644
--- a/include/llvm/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.h
+++ b/include/llvm/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.h
@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ private:
   bool compileOptimizedToFile(const char **Name);
   void restoreLinkageForExternals();
   void applyScopeRestrictions();
+  void preserveDiscardableGVs(
+      Module &TheModule,
+      llvm::function_ref<bool(const GlobalValue &)> mustPreserveGV);
+
   bool determineTarget();
   std::unique_ptr<TargetMachine> createTargetMachine();
 
@@ -198,6 +202,7 @@ private:
   void DiagnosticHandler2(const DiagnosticInfo &DI);
 
   void emitError(const std::string &ErrMsg);
+  void emitWarning(const std::string &ErrMsg);
 
   LLVMContext &Context;
   std::unique_ptr<Module> MergedModule;
diff --git a/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp b/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
index 1980965b169..a7dad55a819 100644
--- a/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/lib/LTO/LTOCodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<TargetMachine> LTOCodeGenerator::createTargetMachine() {
 // If a linkonce global is present in the MustPreserveSymbols, we need to make
 // sure we honor this. To force the compiler to not drop it, we add it to the
 // "llvm.compiler.used" global.
-static void preserveDiscardableGVs(
+void LTOCodeGenerator::preserveDiscardableGVs(
     Module &TheModule,
     llvm::function_ref<bool(const GlobalValue &)> mustPreserveGV) {
   SetVector<Constant *> UsedValuesSet;
@@ -368,7 +368,17 @@ static void preserveDiscardableGVs(
       return;
     if (!mustPreserveGV(GV))
       return;
-    assert(!GV.hasAvailableExternallyLinkage() && !GV.hasInternalLinkage());
+    if (GV.hasAvailableExternallyLinkage()) {
+      emitWarning(
+          (Twine("Linker asked to preserve available_externally global: '") +
+           GV.getName() + "'").str());
+      return;
+    }
+    if (GV.hasInternalLinkage()) {
+      emitWarning((Twine("Linker asked to preserve internal global: '") +
+                   GV.getName() + "'").str());
+      return;
+    }
     UsedValuesSet.insert(ConstantExpr::getBitCast(&GV, i8PTy));
   };
   for (auto &GV : TheModule)
@@ -643,3 +653,10 @@ void LTOCodeGenerator::emitError(const std::string &ErrMsg) {
   else
     Context.diagnose(LTODiagnosticInfo(ErrMsg));
 }
+
+void LTOCodeGenerator::emitWarning(const std::string &ErrMsg) {
+  if (DiagHandler)
+    (*DiagHandler)(LTO_DS_WARNING, ErrMsg.c_str(), DiagContext);
+  else
+    Context.diagnose(LTODiagnosticInfo(ErrMsg, DS_Warning));
+}