diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUMCInstLower.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUMCInstLower.cpp
index 929cf875aabe..51114b3ee442 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUMCInstLower.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUMCInstLower.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void AMDGPUMCInstLower::lower(const MachineInstr *MI, MCInst &OutMI) const {
     }
     case MachineOperand::MO_ExternalSymbol: {
       MCSymbol *Sym = Ctx.getOrCreateSymbol(StringRef(MO.getSymbolName()));
+      Sym->setExternal(true);
       const MCSymbolRefExpr *Expr = MCSymbolRefExpr::create(Sym, Ctx);
       MCOp = MCOperand::createExpr(Expr);
       break;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/SIMCCodeEmitter.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/SIMCCodeEmitter.cpp
index 9eb3dadbc5e2..533a54c1a8b6 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/SIMCCodeEmitter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/MCTargetDesc/SIMCCodeEmitter.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,12 @@ uint64_t SIMCCodeEmitter::getMachineOpValue(const MCInst &MI,
 
   if (MO.isExpr()) {
     const MCSymbolRefExpr *Expr = cast<MCSymbolRefExpr>(MO.getExpr());
-    MCFixupKind Kind = (MCFixupKind)AMDGPU::fixup_si_rodata;
+    const MCSymbol &Sym = Expr->getSymbol();
+    MCFixupKind Kind;
+    if (Sym.isExternal())
+      Kind = FK_Data_4;
+    else
+      Kind = (MCFixupKind)AMDGPU::fixup_si_rodata;
     Fixups.push_back(MCFixup::create(4, Expr, Kind, MI.getLoc()));
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/large-alloca-compute.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/large-alloca-compute.ll
index d88c58376722..5a75cf80da0a 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/large-alloca-compute.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/large-alloca-compute.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=bonaire < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=CI -check-prefix=ALL %s
-; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=carrizo < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=VI -check-prefix=ALL %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=bonaire -show-mc-encoding < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=CI -check-prefix=ALL %s
+; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=carrizo --show-mc-encoding < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCN -check-prefix=VI -check-prefix=ALL %s
 ; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=bonaire -mtriple=amdgcn-unknown-amdhsa < %s -mattr=-flat-for-global | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCNHSA -check-prefix=CIHSA -check-prefix=ALL %s
 ; RUN: llc -march=amdgcn -mcpu=carrizo -mtriple=amdgcn-unknown-amdhsa -mattr=-flat-for-global < %s | FileCheck -check-prefix=GCNHSA -check-prefix=VIHSA -check-prefix=ALL %s
 
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 ; ALL-LABEL: {{^}}large_alloca_compute_shader:
 
 ; GCN-DAG: s_mov_b32 s{{[0-9]+}}, SCRATCH_RSRC_DWORD0
+; GCN-DAG: ; fixup A - offset: 4, value: SCRATCH_RSRC_DWORD0, kind: FK_Data_4
 ; GCN-DAG: s_mov_b32 s{{[0-9]+}}, SCRATCH_RSRC_DWORD1
+; GCN-DAG: ; fixup A - offset: 4, value: SCRATCH_RSRC_DWORD1, kind: FK_Data_4
 ; GCN-DAG: s_mov_b32 s{{[0-9]+}}, -1
 ; CI-DAG: s_mov_b32 s{{[0-9]+}}, 0x88f000
 ; VI-DAG: s_mov_b32 s{{[0-9]+}}, 0x880000