diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopIdiomRecognize.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopIdiomRecognize.cpp
index 243c624fc4b5..d1f46ddf1699 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopIdiomRecognize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopIdiomRecognize.cpp
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ processLoopStridedStore(Value *DestPtr, unsigned StoreSize,
     // Otherwise we should form a memset_pattern16.  PatternValue is known to be
     // an constant array of 16-bytes.  Plop the value into a mergable global.
     GlobalVariable *GV = new GlobalVariable(*M, PatternValue->getType(), true,
-                                            GlobalValue::InternalLinkage,
+                                            GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage,
                                             PatternValue, ".memset_pattern");
     GV->setUnnamedAddr(true); // Ok to merge these.
     GV->setAlignment(16);
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopIdiom/basic.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopIdiom/basic.ll
index c0aafc208449..79aa26e9b136 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopIdiom/basic.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopIdiom/basic.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ; RUN: opt -basicaa -loop-idiom < %s -S | FileCheck %s
 target datalayout = "e-p:64:64:64-i1:8:8-i8:8:8-i16:16:16-i32:32:32-i64:64:64-f32:32:32-f64:64:64-v64:64:64-v128:128:128-a0:0:64-s0:64:64-f80:128:128-n8:16:32:64"
+
+; For @test11_pattern
+; CHECK: @.memset_pattern = private unnamed_addr constant [4 x i32] [i32 1, i32 1, i32 1, i32 1]
+
+; For @test13_pattern
+; CHECK: @.memset_pattern1 = private unnamed_addr constant [2 x i32*] [i32* @G, i32* @G]
+
 target triple = "x86_64-apple-darwin10.0.0"
 
 define void @test1(i8* %Base, i64 %Size) nounwind ssp {