diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h
index d45e4d430ae..bcd102e7ded 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private:
                             SmallPtrSetImpl<Function *> *Readers = nullptr,
                             SmallPtrSetImpl<Function *> *Writers = nullptr,
                             GlobalValue *OkayStoreDest = nullptr);
-  bool AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalValue *GV);
+  bool AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalVariable *GV);
   void CollectSCCMembership(CallGraph &CG);
 
   bool isNonEscapingGlobalNoAlias(const GlobalValue *GV, const Value *V);
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.cpp b/lib/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.cpp
index 3b808e371db..c809ff83457 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.cpp
@@ -395,11 +395,16 @@ bool GlobalsAAResult::AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(Value *V,
 /// Further, all loads out of GV must directly use the memory, not store the
 /// pointer somewhere.  If this is true, we consider the memory pointed to by
 /// GV to be owned by GV and can disambiguate other pointers from it.
-bool GlobalsAAResult::AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalValue *GV) {
+bool GlobalsAAResult::AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalVariable *GV) {
   // Keep track of values related to the allocation of the memory, f.e. the
   // value produced by the malloc call and any casts.
   std::vector<Value *> AllocRelatedValues;
 
+  // If the initializer is a valid pointer, bail.
+  if (Constant *C = GV->getInitializer())
+    if (!C->isNullValue())
+      return false;
+    
   // Walk the user list of the global.  If we find anything other than a direct
   // load or store, bail out.
   for (User *U : GV->users()) {
diff --git a/test/Analysis/GlobalsModRef/pr25309.ll b/test/Analysis/GlobalsModRef/pr25309.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce3b498c802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Analysis/GlobalsModRef/pr25309.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+; RUN: opt -globals-aa -gvn < %s -S | FileCheck %s
+
+target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
+target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+; @o and @m are initialized to @i, so they should not be classed as
+; indirect globals referring only to allocation functions.
+@o = internal global i32* @i, align 8
+@m = internal global i32* @i, align 8
+@i = internal global i32 0, align 4
+
+; CHECK-LABEL: @f
+define i1 @f() {
+entry:
+  %0 = load i32*, i32** @o, align 8
+  store i32 0, i32* %0, align 4
+  %1 = load volatile i32*, i32** @m, align 8
+  store i32 1, i32* %1, align 4
+  ; CHECK: %[[a:.*]] = load i32*
+  %2 = load i32*, i32** @o, align 8
+  ; CHECK: %[[b:.*]] = load i32, i32* %[[a]]
+  %3 = load i32, i32* %2, align 4
+  ; CHECK: %[[c:.*]] = icmp ne i32 %[[b]], 0
+  %tobool.i = icmp ne i32 %3, 0
+  ; CHECK: ret i1 %[[c]]
+  ret i1 %tobool.i
+}
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