diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
index 3b368c37d140..c411030e2bcd 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/MC/MCStreamer.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ namespace llvm {
     SmallVector<std::pair<const MCSection *,
                 const MCSection *>, 4> SectionStack;
 
+    bool AutoInitSections;
+
   protected:
     MCStreamer(MCContext &Ctx);
 
@@ -214,6 +216,17 @@ namespace llvm {
         SectionStack.back().first = Section;
     }
 
+    /// Initialize the streamer.
+    void InitStreamer() {
+      if (AutoInitSections)
+        InitSections();
+    }
+
+    /// Tell this MCStreamer to call InitSections upon initialization.
+    void setAutoInitSections(bool AutoInitSections) {
+      this->AutoInitSections = AutoInitSections;
+    }
+
     /// InitSections - Create the default sections and set the initial one.
     virtual void InitSections() = 0;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
index 39a5a9d42d23..68ed280c551b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ void AsmPrinter::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
 }
 
 bool AsmPrinter::doInitialization(Module &M) {
+  OutStreamer.InitStreamer();
+
   MMI = getAnalysisIfAvailable<MachineModuleInfo>();
   MMI->AnalyzeModule(M);
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
index f0d536982bc2..1065614f4b2e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ bool LLVMTargetMachine::addPassesToEmitFile(PassManagerBase &PM,
                                                          *Context, *MAB, Out,
                                                          MCE, hasMCRelaxAll(),
                                                          hasMCNoExecStack()));
-    AsmStreamer.get()->InitSections();
+    AsmStreamer.get()->setAutoInitSections(true);
     break;
   }
   case CGFT_Null:
diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MCStreamer.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MCStreamer.cpp
index 77e3d4cea35d..96d6d691d26b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MCStreamer.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MCStreamer.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ using namespace llvm;
 
 MCStreamer::MCStreamer(MCContext &Ctx)
   : Context(Ctx), EmitEHFrame(true), EmitDebugFrame(false),
-    CurrentW64UnwindInfo(0), LastSymbol(0) {
+    CurrentW64UnwindInfo(0), LastSymbol(0),
+    AutoInitSections(false) {
   const MCSection *section = NULL;
   SectionStack.push_back(std::make_pair(section, section));
 }