diff --git a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
index c5d84d74db80..a6b546ef9ef0 100644
--- a/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenModule.cpp
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ CodeGenModule::CreateRuntimeFunction(const llvm::FunctionType *FTy,
 }
 
 static bool DeclIsConstantGlobal(ASTContext &Context, const VarDecl *D) {
-  if (!D->getType().isConstant(Context))
+  if (!D->getType().isConstant(Context) && !D->getType()->isReferenceType())
     return false;
   if (Context.getLangOptions().CPlusPlus &&
       Context.getBaseElementType(D->getType())->getAs<RecordType>()) {
diff --git a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/const-init.cpp b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/const-init.cpp
index 874b5f64e2ba..9cfce7ace86b 100644
--- a/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/const-init.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/CodeGenCXX/const-init.cpp
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 // CHECK: @a = global i32 10
 int a = 10;
-// CHECK: @ar = global i32* @a
+// CHECK: @ar = constant i32* @a
 int &ar = a;
 
 void f();
-// CHECK: @fr = global void ()* @_Z1fv
+// CHECK: @fr = constant void ()* @_Z1fv
 void (&fr)() = f;
 
 struct S { int& a; };