diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
index b043687f8989..da763b18d4d4 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/FunctionImport.cpp
@@ -488,14 +488,17 @@ void llvm::computeDeadSymbols(
   while (!Worklist.empty()) {
     auto VI = Worklist.pop_back_val();
     for (auto &Summary : VI.getSummaryList()) {
-      GlobalValueSummary *Base = Summary.get();
-      if (auto *AS = dyn_cast<AliasSummary>(Base))
-        Base = &AS->getAliasee();
-      for (auto Ref : Base->refs())
+      for (auto Ref : Summary->refs())
         visit(Ref);
-      if (auto *FS = dyn_cast<FunctionSummary>(Base))
+      if (auto *FS = dyn_cast<FunctionSummary>(Summary.get()))
         for (auto Call : FS->calls())
           visit(Call.first);
+      if (auto *AS = dyn_cast<AliasSummary>(Summary.get())) {
+        auto AliaseeGUID = AS->getAliasee().getOriginalName();
+        ValueInfo AliaseeVI = Index.getValueInfo(AliaseeGUID);
+        if (AliaseeVI)
+          visit(AliaseeVI);
+      }
     }
   }
   Index.setWithGlobalValueDeadStripping();
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/Inputs/dead-strip-alias.ll b/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/Inputs/dead-strip-alias.ll
deleted file mode 100644
index 16154d2c45b3..000000000000
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/Inputs/dead-strip-alias.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
-target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-
-@external = global i8 42
diff --git a/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/dead-strip-alias.ll b/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/dead-strip-alias.ll
deleted file mode 100644
index d009a484e4f6..000000000000
--- a/llvm/test/LTO/Resolution/X86/dead-strip-alias.ll
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-; RUN: opt -module-summary -o %t %s
-; RUN: opt -module-summary -o %t2 %S/Inputs/dead-strip-alias.ll
-; RUN: llvm-lto2 run %t -r %t,main,px -r %t,alias,p -r %t,external, \
-; RUN:               %t2 -r %t2,external,p \
-; RUN: -save-temps -o %t3
-; RUN: llvm-nm %t3.1 | FileCheck %s
-
-; CHECK: D external
-
-target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"
-target triple = "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
-
-@alias = alias i8*, i8** @internal
-
-@internal = internal global i8* @external
-@external = external global i8
-
-define i8** @main() {
-  ret i8** @alias
-}