diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMELFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 2ad64de9886..7d44ddafeae 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/MCTargetDesc/ARMELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const MCSymbol *ARMELFObjectWriter::ExplicitRelSym(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                                                    const MCFragment &F,
                                                    const MCFixup &Fixup,
                                                    bool IsPCRel) const {
-  const MCSymbol &Symbol = Target.getSymA()->getSymbol();
+  const MCSymbol &Symbol = Target.getSymA()->getSymbol().AliasedSymbol();
   bool EmitThisSym = false;
 
   const MCSectionELF &Section =
diff --git a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFObjectWriter.cpp b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFObjectWriter.cpp
index 9c2f81e596f..196e17fefab 100644
--- a/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/Mips/MCTargetDesc/MipsELFObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const MCSymbol *MipsELFObjectWriter::ExplicitRelSym(const MCAssembler &Asm,
                                                     const MCFixup &Fixup,
                                                     bool IsPCRel) const {
   assert(Target.getSymA() && "SymA cannot be 0.");
-  const MCSymbol &Sym = Target.getSymA()->getSymbol();
+  const MCSymbol &Sym = Target.getSymA()->getSymbol().AliasedSymbol();
 
   if (Sym.getSection().getKind().isMergeableCString() ||
       Sym.getSection().getKind().isMergeableConst())
diff --git a/test/MC/ARM/pr11877.s b/test/MC/ARM/pr11877.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da3f6ad1d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/ARM/pr11877.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple arm-unknown-unknown %s
+
+i:
+        .long    g
+g = h
+h = i
diff --git a/test/MC/Mips/pr11877.s b/test/MC/Mips/pr11877.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d354ce4c554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/MC/Mips/pr11877.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// RUN: llvm-mc -triple mips-unknown-unknown %s
+
+i:
+        .long    g
+g = h
+h = i