diff --git a/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp b/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
index 708300fa0c0..b7aab9e9644 100644
--- a/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
+++ b/lib/Linker/LinkModules.cpp
@@ -1940,6 +1940,15 @@ bool ModuleLinker::run() {
     linkGlobalValueBody(Src);
   }
 
+  // Remap all of the named MDNodes in Src into the DstM module. We do this
+  // after linking GlobalValues so that MDNodes that reference GlobalValues
+  // are properly remapped.
+  linkNamedMDNodes();
+
+  // Merge the module flags into the DstM module.
+  if (linkModuleFlagsMetadata())
+    return true;
+
   // Update the initializers in the DstM module now that all globals that may
   // be referenced are in DstM.
   for (GlobalVariable &Src : SrcM->globals()) {
@@ -1966,15 +1975,6 @@ bool ModuleLinker::run() {
       return true;
   }
 
-  // Remap all of the named MDNodes in Src into the DstM module. We do this
-  // after linking GlobalValues so that MDNodes that reference GlobalValues
-  // are properly remapped.
-  linkNamedMDNodes();
-
-  // Merge the module flags into the DstM module.
-  if (linkModuleFlagsMetadata())
-    return true;
-
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/Linker/Inputs/only-needed-named-metadata.ll b/test/Linker/Inputs/only-needed-named-metadata.ll
deleted file mode 100644
index fa7bc2e3cc8..00000000000
--- a/test/Linker/Inputs/only-needed-named-metadata.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-@X = external global i32
-
-declare i32 @foo()
-
-define void @bar() {
-	load i32, i32* @X
-	call i32 @foo()
-	ret void
-}
diff --git a/test/Linker/only-needed-named-metadata.ll b/test/Linker/only-needed-named-metadata.ll
deleted file mode 100644
index f64637d3c75..00000000000
--- a/test/Linker/only-needed-named-metadata.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-; RUN: llvm-as %S/only-needed-named-metadata.ll -o %t.bc
-; RUN: llvm-as %S/Inputs/only-needed-named-metadata.ll -o %t2.bc
-; RUN: llvm-link -S -only-needed %t2.bc %t.bc | FileCheck %s
-; RUN: llvm-link -S -internalize -only-needed %t2.bc %t.bc | FileCheck %s
-
-; CHECK: @U = external global i32
-; CHECK: declare i32 @unused()
-
-@X = global i32 5
-@U = global i32 6
-define i32 @foo() { ret i32 7 }
-define i32 @unused() { ret i32 8 }
-
-!llvm.named = !{!0, !1}
-!0 = !{i32 ()* @unused}
-!1 = !{i32* @U}