diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
index 851f25091402..5566eaafa2be 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/IR/ModuleSummaryIndex.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Allocator.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MathExtras.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ScaledNumber.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/StringSaver.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
 #include <cassert>
@@ -766,6 +768,11 @@ private:
   std::set<std::string> CfiFunctionDefs;
   std::set<std::string> CfiFunctionDecls;
 
+  // Used in cases where we want to record the name of a global, but
+  // don't have the string owned elsewhere (e.g. the Strtab on a module).
+  StringSaver Saver;
+  BumpPtrAllocator Alloc;
+
   // YAML I/O support.
   friend yaml::MappingTraits<ModuleSummaryIndex>;
 
@@ -777,7 +784,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
   // See HaveGVs variable comment.
-  ModuleSummaryIndex(bool HaveGVs) : HaveGVs(HaveGVs) {}
+  ModuleSummaryIndex(bool HaveGVs) : HaveGVs(HaveGVs), Saver(Alloc) {}
 
   bool haveGVs() const { return HaveGVs; }
 
@@ -886,6 +893,11 @@ public:
     return ValueInfo(HaveGVs, getOrInsertValuePtr(GUID));
   }
 
+  // Save a string in the Index. Use before passing Name to
+  // getOrInsertValueInfo when the string isn't owned elsewhere (e.g. on the
+  // module's Strtab).
+  StringRef saveString(std::string String) { return Saver.save(String); }
+
   /// Return a ValueInfo for \p GUID setting value \p Name.
   ValueInfo getOrInsertValueInfo(GlobalValue::GUID GUID, StringRef Name) {
     assert(!HaveGVs);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ModuleSummaryAnalysis.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ModuleSummaryAnalysis.cpp
index 6a589b4ff258..17dae20ce3a1 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ModuleSummaryAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ModuleSummaryAnalysis.cpp
@@ -607,14 +607,14 @@ ModuleSummaryIndexWrapperPass::ModuleSummaryIndexWrapperPass()
 
 bool ModuleSummaryIndexWrapperPass::runOnModule(Module &M) {
   auto &PSI = *getAnalysis<ProfileSummaryInfoWrapperPass>().getPSI();
-  Index = buildModuleSummaryIndex(
+  Index.emplace(buildModuleSummaryIndex(
       M,
       [this](const Function &F) {
         return &(this->getAnalysis<BlockFrequencyInfoWrapperPass>(
                          *const_cast<Function *>(&F))
                      .getBFI());
       },
-      &PSI);
+      &PSI));
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
index ce2eb0774507..b0e040755163 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Bitcode/Reader/BitcodeReader.cpp
@@ -4836,11 +4836,14 @@ void ModuleSummaryIndexBitcodeReader::setValueGUID(
   if (PrintSummaryGUIDs)
     dbgs() << "GUID " << ValueGUID << "(" << OriginalNameID << ") is "
            << ValueName << "\n";
-  
+
   // UseStrtab is false for legacy summary formats and value names are
-  // created on stack. We can't use them outside of parseValueSymbolTable.
+  // created on stack. In that case we save the name in a string saver in
+  // the index so that the value name can be recorded.
   ValueIdToValueInfoMap[ValueID] = std::make_pair(
-      TheIndex.getOrInsertValueInfo(ValueGUID, UseStrtab ? ValueName : ""),
+      TheIndex.getOrInsertValueInfo(
+          ValueGUID,
+          UseStrtab ? ValueName : TheIndex.saveString(ValueName.str())),
       OriginalNameID);
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/autoupgrade.ll b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/autoupgrade.ll
index 2188d031c439..77f7eb0e0e02 100644
--- a/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/autoupgrade.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/ThinLTO/X86/autoupgrade.ll
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@
 ; CHECK: <STRTAB_BLOCK
 ; CHECK-NEXT: blob data = 'mainglobalfunc1llvm.invariant.start.p0i8{{.*}}'
 
+; Check that the summary is able to print the names despite the lack of
+; string table in the legacy bitcode.
+; RUN: llvm-dis %p/Inputs/autoupgrade.bc -o - \
+; RUN:	   | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=SUMMARYNAMES
+; SUMMARYNAMES: ^2 = gv: (name: "globalfunc2",
+; SUMMARYNAMES: ^3 = gv: (name: "globalfunc1"
+
 target datalayout = "e-m:o-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
 target triple = "x86_64-apple-macosx10.11.0"