diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp b/lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
index d3276f79b5e..b2b6f3ae547 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/ARMTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ static std::string computeDataLayout(const Triple &TT, StringRef CPU,
 static Reloc::Model getEffectiveRelocModel(const Triple &TT,
                                            Optional<Reloc::Model> RM) {
   if (!RM.hasValue())
-    // Default relocation model on Darwin is PIC, not DynamicNoPIC.
-    return TT.isOSDarwin() ? Reloc::PIC_ : Reloc::DynamicNoPIC;
+    // Default relocation model on Darwin is PIC.
+    return TT.isOSBinFormatMachO() ? Reloc::PIC_ : Reloc::Static;
 
   // DynamicNoPIC is only used on darwin.
   if (*RM == Reloc::DynamicNoPIC && !TT.isOSDarwin())
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/ARM/default-reloc.ll b/test/CodeGen/ARM/default-reloc.ll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b80b73061b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/ARM/default-reloc.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=armv7-linux-gnu -O0 < %s
+@a = external global i32
+define i32* @get() {
+  ret i32* @a
+}