diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/GlobalMerge.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/GlobalMerge.cpp
index 1ea5349..be8e9aa 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/GlobalMerge.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/GlobalMerge.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,10 @@
     if (GV.isDeclaration() || GV.isThreadLocal() || GV.hasSection())
       continue;
 
+    // It's not safe to merge globals that may be preempted
+    if (TM && !TM->shouldAssumeDSOLocal(M, &GV))
+      continue;
+
     if (!(MergeExternalGlobals && GV.hasExternalLinkage()) &&
         !GV.hasInternalLinkage())
       continue;
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/ARM/global-merge-external.ll b/test/CodeGen/ARM/global-merge-external.ll
index a9e0d19..03c9776 100644
--- a/test/CodeGen/ARM/global-merge-external.ll
+++ b/test/CodeGen/ARM/global-merge-external.ll
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=arm-eabi  -arm-global-merge -global-merge-on-external=true  | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-MERGE
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=arm-eabi  -arm-global-merge -global-merge-on-external=false | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-MERGE
 ; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=arm-macho -arm-global-merge                                 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-MERGE
+; RUN: llc < %s -mtriple=arm-eabi  -arm-global-merge -relocation-model=pic           | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-NO-MERGE
 
 @x = global i32 0, align 4
 @y = global i32 0, align 4