diff --git a/lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp b/lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
index 30fe9bbb..11efe95 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@
     // If G was internal then we may have replaced all uses of G with F. If so,
     // stop here and delete G. There's no need for a thunk. (See note on
     // MergeFunctionsPDI above).
-    if (G->hasLocalLinkage() && G->use_empty() && !MergeFunctionsPDI) {
+    if (G->isDiscardableIfUnused() && G->use_empty() && !MergeFunctionsPDI) {
       G->eraseFromParent();
       ++NumFunctionsMerged;
       return;
diff --git a/test/Transforms/MergeFunc/linkonce_odr.ll b/test/Transforms/MergeFunc/linkonce_odr.ll
index 1ad0d72..825f905 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/MergeFunc/linkonce_odr.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/MergeFunc/linkonce_odr.ll
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; RUN: opt -S -mergefunc < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: opt -S -mergefunc < %s | FileCheck %s -implicit-check-not=funC
 
 ; Replacments should be totally ordered on the function name.
 ; If we don't do this we  can end up with one module defining a thunk for @funA
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    tail call i32 @funA(i32 %0, i32 %1)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ret
 
+define linkonce_odr i32 @funC(i32 %x, i32 %y) {
+  %sum = add i32 %x, %y
+  %sum2 = add i32 %x, %sum
+  %sum3 = add i32 %x, %sum2
+  ret i32 %sum3
+}
+
 define linkonce_odr i32 @funB(i32 %x, i32 %y) {
   %sum = add i32 %x, %y
   %sum2 = add i32 %x, %sum
@@ -28,3 +35,8 @@
   %sum3 = add i32 %x, %sum2
   ret i32 %sum3
 }
+
+; This creates a use of @funB, preventing -mergefunc from deleting it.
+; @funC, however, can safely be deleted as it has no uses, and is discardable
+; if unused.
+@take_addr_of_funB = global i8* bitcast (i32 (i32, i32)* @funB to i8*)